Mike & All, Astrology is what it is, but your point below hits the nail right on the head. Dave
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Gilmer Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [meteorite-list] Astrology/Astronomy Hi, My dearly-departed and beloved grandmother was an avid astrologer. I don't share her beliefs, which were admittedly from somewhere way out past left field. But she was a loving, kind, and INTELLIGENT woman with a masters degree. She just believed in a few goofy things like astrology behind closed doors. She didn't push her beliefs onto other people and rarely talked about it. In fact, us grandkids didn't even know she was an astrologer until after she passed away. At any rate, life is too short to paint groups of people with a broad stroke of the brush. Lumping a large group of people together, without knowing them, and then launching obscenities and insults at them is bigotry. Substitute the word "astrologer", in that rant that started this, with any word that describes a racial or religious group and you'll see my meaning. I subscribe to this group to learn about meteoritics, not to listen to the bitter and hostile rants of a foul-mouthed person. And I don't appreciate someone calling my grandmother a "&*%#$! dimwit" or nitwit or whatever it was. I'm sure I will get flamed for this, but it was not me who injected an off-topic rant into the list to start with. Regards and clear skies, MikeG ......................................................... Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA) Member of the Meteoritical Society. Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network. Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/fine_meteorites_4_sale .......................................................... ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
