On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:23:52 +0200, you wrote: >Legislature means: politicians and civil servants. >Of course these people can't have any idea what a meteorite is, how they are >found, how many do exist, what for a scientific or economical value they >have or don't have and how they were exchanged between finders, museums, >dealers, collectors in past.
Also, being a successful politician doesn't require that you actually be very intelligent or well educated-- it requires only that you can tell a majority of the people what they want to hear. With "leaders" like this, maybe Arizona will be the next place to outlaw meteorites: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/07/jebus_how_do_these_dingbats_ge.php ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
