That's a good one Dave! But where is Darth Vador? Cheers Fred ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Carothers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Martin Altmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 1:46 AM Subject: Re: AW: [meteorite-list] John Hopkins AstronomersReacttoPluto'sPlanetary 'Demotion'
> Actually, what we have here is right out of the wonderful world of Disney. > We have Pluto and the dwarfs (as in from Snow White). Based on a lot of the > feedback from todays vote, the IAU is "Goofy" for making a "Mickey Mouse" > definition of planets. > > Dave > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Darren Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Martin Altmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 7:08 PM > Subject: Re: AW: [meteorite-list] John Hopkins Astronomers > ReacttoPluto'sPlanetary 'Demotion' > > > On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:15:36 +0200, you wrote: > > >"dwarf planet" is incommensurate with the use of words in publication in > >countries, which obey "Political Correctness". > > Dwarf IS the PC term now. "Midget" planet would have been a problem. Other > problem names would have included "Munchkin" planet and "Hey, Didn't You > Play An > Ewok" planet. > ______________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
