[meteorite-list] Bigfoot and the "Nakhla Dog" - what do they havein common?

From: Eric Wichman <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 02:07:35 -0700
Message-ID: <4DDA23D7.4080305_at_meteoritesusa.com>

LOL Now now boys... Calm down.

Al... I'll try to be as nice as possible. Can I see your Met-List Police
badge? Who are you to call people out for making an off topic joke?
Lighten up man. You're jumping all over Mike for expressing his opinion
and making a joke. Since you have the power to call people out, I guess
I do too right, as does every other person on this email list. Unless
you feel like you're above reproach. What if I call you out for trying
to make Mike to feel like crap for making a joke about the Rapture? It
was worldwide news, was on everyone's minds, and I thought is was clever
of Mike to bring Bigfoot into it. That's ok. It wasn't insulting at all.

Mike, Good for you for keeping an open mind. (you need not apologize for
your opinions).

By the way that Bigfoot Rapture joke was f***ing hilarious!

Regards,
Eric




On 5/22/2011 6:43 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks wrote:
> Hi Al,
>
> I'm sorry if I offended you or anyone else on the list. I was just
> trying to make some humor, albeit in a poor manner apparently. For
> the record, I am not anti-religious. I am a deeply spiritual person,
> but not in the usual mainstream manner. I have compassion for my
> fellow man and all living things on this Earth and a deep respect for
> nature. What I don't like is insane old charlatans making statements
> designed to create chaos and generate publicity and revenue.
>
> Imagine the children in this situation. Mom and Dad suddenly go off
> the deep end listening to this self-proclaimed messenger of God. They
> sell off the house, quit their jobs, and drag the kids across the
> country in a mini-van with the word "Rapture" plastered all over it.
> At the end of the day, the child is now homeless and his parents have
> no means to properly care for him. That is child abuse and the old
> man who announced this "prophecy" should be brought up on criminal
> charges or hit with a civil suit. One cannot yell "Fire!" in a
> crowded theatre, and one should not be allowed to maliciously disrupt
> the lives of countless families to the detriment of the children
> involved. I don't feel sorry for the gullible sheeple adults who fell
> for this nonsense, but their kids have no say in it.
>
> I have a problem with BS and I have never been afraid to call BS when
> I see it. The God of Moses will send the messiah like a thief in the
> night and none shall know the day of his arrival.
>
> I have read 3 translations of the Bible (also the Apocrypha) cover to
> cover, and most of the world's major holy books, including the Koran,
> the Bardo Thudo, the Bhagavad Gita, Book of the Mormon, the Classics
> of Confucianism, Egyptian Book of the Dead, the Satanic Bible (a joke
> and insult to the mind, but I had to read it to understand it), the
> Tanakh and the Torah, and I could go on. In all, I have digested
> about 2 dozen of the world's holiest books during my spiritual search.
> So I am not anti-religious. I am anti-BS and this recent rapture
> nonsense was exactly that - malicious BS designed to attract publicity
> and profit. Or, it was the delusional ramblings of a self-aggrandizer
> who should be medicated and placed in a treatment facility.
>
> I was baptized, took communion, attended Eucharist, and meditated in a
> Buddhist temple. I have also attended two Witches' Sabbats. I think
> you get my point. I don't mean to offend, and I often stick my foot
> into my mouth. And when I do offend, I always apologize and mean it.
> I like you Al, always have. And I don't want you pissed off at me, so
> I hope you can forgive my attempt at humor that started this.
>
> Jesus was one cool dude, full of love, compassion, and wisdom. I wish
> everyone could be like him - the world would be a better place.
> Unfortunately, nutjobs like Harold Camping hijack the message of Jesus
> for profit - and people like that should be firmly rebuked, IMO.
>
> I was going to send this to you privately, but since you called me out
> on the list, I am replying in public. But this will be my last post
> on the list about this and if you want to continue the discussion in
> private, we can. And I want to re-iterate, my apology to you is
> sincere. :)
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
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> On 5/22/11, al mitt<almitt at kconline.com> wrote:
>> Mike,
>>
>> You posted twice on a subject that doesn't belong on this list. I am sure
>> there are people on the list who are biting their tongues right now.
>> Everyone has a right to believe what they want to and that includes you but
>> when you put such posts on a list dedicated to meteorites you are just
>> asking for someone to defend their believes by your post. I am sure there
>> are other people here who have a different belief system than you.
>>
>> I didn't post anything to the list the first time, but time to call you out
>> on this. Keep your anit-religious believes off this forum and just talk
>> meteorites and meteorite related topics so we don't get into a can of worms
>> here. Thank you.
>>
>> --AL Mitterling
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Galactic Stone& Ironworks"<meteoritemike at gmail.com>
>> To: "Becky and Kirk"<bandk at chorus.net>
>> Cc:<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 7:49 PM
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bigfoot and the "Nakhla Dog" - what do they
>> havein common?
>>
>>
>>> All of the remaining bigfoots were raptured on saturday - they will
>>> never be found now.
>>>
>>> Also, sales of all bigfoot-related material is hereby suspended until
>>> further notice. ;)
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> MikeG
>>>
>>> --
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>>>
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>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> On 5/22/11, Becky and Kirk<bandk at chorus.net> wrote:
>>>> I indeed have heard stories about Semi-drivers who HAVE occasionally hit
>>>> a
>>>> Sasquatch in the Pacific Northwest.
>>>>
>>>> The one particular tale I heard 2nd-hand was from man who talked to a
>>>> driver
>>>> who said he hit& killed one in Colorado many years ago. He said he was
>>>> detained for a bit by a special group of police, while another group
>>>> cleaned
>>>> his truck of all evidence of his "fatal encounter" with Bigfoot.
>>>>
>>>> Who knows??
>>>>
>>>> Kirk.....:-)
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Kevin Kichinka"<marsrox at gmail.com>
>>>> To:<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 6:33 PM
>>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Bigfoot and the "Nakhla Dog" - what do they
>>>> havein
>>>> common?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Team Meteorite:
>>>>>
>>>>> While I am pursuing other projects now and can't take the time to
>>>>> again pursue/review or explain my peer-reviewed and published "thesis"
>>>>> (see David Weir "Meteorite Studies" and Nakhla) that absolves the
>>>>> Nakhla meteorite of "dogocide", one argument that was made in support
>>>>> of this crime against canines was that I "couldn't prove it DIDN'T
>>>>> HAPPEN."
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Never mind that no one recovered a bloody meteorite or a dead dog
>>>>> allegedly killed on the wrong day at the wrong place.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Science and logic are brothers in arms. My brief, college-time
>>>>> exposure to "debate" (as a competition), taught me that if one argued
>>>>> this double negative, "by rule" you lost the debate. Something about
>>>>> being logical...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Just for fun, I bring this up as I read on Yahoo about the world's
>>>>> "Top Ten unexplained things". Here's a quote from the article, please
>>>>> pay special attention to the last sentence:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "For decades, large, hairy, manlike beasts called Bigfoot have
>>>>> occasionally been reported by eyewitnesses across America. Despite the
>>>>> thousands of Bigfoot that must exist for a breeding population, not a
>>>>> single body has been found. Not one has been killed by a hunter,
>>>>> struck dead by a speeding car, or even died of natural causes. In the
>>>>> absence of hard evidence like teeth or bones, support comes down to
>>>>> eyewitness sightings and ambiguous photos and films. Since it is
>>>>> logically impossible to prove a universal negative, science will never
>>>>> be able to prove that creatures like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster
>>>>> do not exist, and it is possible that these mysterious beasts lurk far
>>>>> from prying eyes."
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Very, very far indeed.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Long live the Nakhla Dog.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks to all who sent me birthday greetings this week!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Kevin Kichinka
>>>>> Tambor de Alajuela, Costa Rica
>>>>> www.theartofcollectingmeteorites.com
>>>>> www.LaQ-CostaRica.com
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