Remember "Lorton" Hmmmmmm...
What ever came of that anyway? Greg S. ---------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:15:25 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It is a sad day..... > > Hi Daryl and List, > > My concern is that laws that have nothing to do with meteorites are being > twisted to include them with no input from the public whatsoever. To me, this > is not the American way. If they want laws protecting them, gather a > consensus, contact their legislatures, make them and stop twisting old laws. > Then these new laws can be challenged all the way up to supreme court if > necessary so they are not nebulous. I agree with the laws protecting cultural > items but meteorites have nothing to do with this unless they were worshiped > or turned into an artifact. There is very little money involved with > meteorites compared to minerals or fossils so why all of this unwanted > attention? > > Best Regards, > > Adam > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Darryl Pitt > To: Adam Hupe > Cc: Adam > Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 10:03:04 AM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It is a sad day..... > > > > Many countries have what are referred to loosely as "Antiquity & National > Heritage Acts" and this is modeled after the same. Simply expressed, a wide > net is being cast, and it's not a novel idea for meteorites to be viewed as > part of a nation's heritage. > > I hope Jeff Grossman's idea is embraced---which happens to be in the pocket > of the work Svend and others have already embarked upon. > > > All best / Darryl > > > > > On Mar 9, 2010, at 11:34 AM, Adam Hupe wrote: > >> I cannot understand how a meteorite can be considered an antique when most >> terrestrial rocks could be called the same thing. The only way to get a rock >> that is not an antique is to live near a productive volcano where you can >> retrieve a freshly created one like in Hawaii. A meteorite has no scientific >> importance whatsover if it is left on the ground to weather away, especially >> in Oregon and Washington where the climate is very destructive. >> >> Why all of this new interest in meteorites when only a handful have ever >> been found in Oregon and Washington? Why are old laws being twisted to >> include meteorites? Why waste the time creating an entry on a website >> protecting meteorites where very few have been found? It would be >> interesting to find out what parties are involved with the twisting of these >> laws and admonish them for being stupid. Maybe they were influenced by the >> media who overstate the monetary value and understate the scientific >> importance of these objects. You treat something like valuable treasure and >> the government will do the same. Everybody wants a piece of the pie whether >> they have earned it or not. I believe in the finders/keepers concept that >> has worked well for centuries. A meteorite is worthless until found! >> >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Adam >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: [email protected] >> Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 6:18:48 AM >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] It is a sad day..... >> >> Hi List, >> >> I think this is a lot of worry and noise over nothing. The only thing >> that has changed with this announcement is a block of text on a >> website. >> >> How a law is worded, versus how it is enforced are two different things. >> >> It's illegal to keep arrowheads you find in Florida, yet almost every >> local down here has some in a drawer or box. My grandfather (a highly >> decorated WWII veteran and all around great person) was quite proud of >> his arrowheads and I'd like to see some LEO try to take them from him. >> >> I don't think this wording change on a website is going to mean much >> in the long run. It just means we are going to hear more >> conversations like this one : >> >> BLM officer : Where did you get that rock that looks like a meteorite? >> >> Met Hunter : Oh that? I brought that with me from home, it's a good >> luck charm. But it's not working today because I didn't find >> anything. >> >> ----------- >> >> Or - >> >> Met Buyer : Where did you say you found this meteorite again? >> >> Met Hunter/Seller : I didn't, because I can't remember where I found >> it. It's the funniest thing, because I know I found it, but I don't >> remember where or when. I really need to stop sniffing glue before I >> forget where all of these specimens came from. >> >> ----------------- >> >> Don't you just love it when a government that murdered thousands of >> indigenous people and stole this land from the native American >> indians, now tries to dictate about theft and property? >> >> Message from this tax payer - hey government, you can make demands >> about meteorites when you give back the Indians' land you stole. It's >> very hypocritical to claim that meteorite hunters are stealing from >> federal land, when that federal land was stolen by the government from >> it's rightful owners. >> >> I don't take orders from a government that hands out small-pox >> infected blankets to women and children. (or funds the School of the >> Americas) >> >> ------------------- >> >> See yall out on the dry lake beds soon. ;) >> >> Best regards, >> >> MikeG >> >> >> >> On 3/9/10, [email protected] wrote: >>> I'll give up my meteorites when they pry them from my cold, dead fingers. >>> >>> Paul Swartz >>> ______________________________________________ >>> Visit the Archives at >>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites >> http://www.galactic-stone.com >> http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> ______________________________________________ >> Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> ______________________________________________ >> Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. 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