I'm on your side as well Michael & Bernd! Racialism is a real cancer of our societies and if we let it grow, this will become a general cancer... Just my 2 cents,
Frederic Beroud www.meteoriteshow.com Lyon, France ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael L Blood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "drtanuki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Meteorite List" <[email protected]>; "Charlie Devine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 11:42 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] meteoriteblog.com anyone game? > Hi Dirk, > Good to hear from you. > How does your statement below relate to your statement > less than 2 hrs ago claiming you did not set this up and it is > not yours? > Also, are you suggesting we should indulge a context > with racial slurs, obscenity & false identification because maybe > something good will come out of it ...... eventually? > When I was young I used to let racial slurs go by, figuring > eventually the ignorant will come around - and, besides, you > can't really change an ignorant person's mind. The older I > got - and totally now, I will not let a racial comment go by - EVER. > I take it completely personally - as though I am a Jew, African > American, Mexican, etc. I believe when everyone who is not > a racist reacts this way 100% of the time, the racists will be > shut out and shut down - and racism will, eventually be extremely > minimal and very difficult to pass on to future generations. Either > that, or the racists will become extremely isolated and at least > not be polluting the minds of the young. > I, for one will not abide racist commentary. Period. > Obscenity - well, I have a tolerance for that. > However, Claiming to be another when posting to a site - especially > when expressing obscenities (or racism, etc) is both cowardly and > completely unacceptable. > So, Dirk, don't ask me to abide by the above practices. > They can lay golden eggs on that site for all I care. Until and unless > racism and false identification is at zero, it is way out of bounds for me. > Period. > Best wishes, Michael > > > > > on 2/21/05 2:13 PM, drtanuki at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Charlie and List, > > Thanks for your posts concerning blogs. So far the > > meteoriteblog list isn`t creating anything positive; > > but given time I believe it will allow scandals, etc. > > come out into the mainstream...so that buyers and > > sellers will know what is happening behind their > > backs. > > The users of a blog will learn to calm down and > > produce something positive or the blog will go away. > > Photos of meteorites and prices if you want to sell > > can be posted...it could also be used as a live > > auction. Thanks. Have patience and perhaps the users > > of the blog will use it positively. Sincerely, Dirk > > Ross > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > -- > "You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are." > -Herb Cohen > -- > If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
