Yeah typo. Michael Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 17, 2011, at 11:59 AM, Greg Hupé <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > I think you meant to address your reply to "Eric", not one of us 'Greg's'. :) > You referred to "Greg" twice in your post, surely an innocent slip of the > keyboard. > > Best Regards, > Greg Hupe > > > -----Original Message----- From: Michael Farmer > Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 7:24 PM > To: Eric Wichman > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Lorton Meteorite: Finders Keepers,Losers Weepers > > My god Greg, are you trying hard to burn whatever bridges you have left? I > happen to know the people at the Smithsonian pretty well, several trips there > over the last 10 years to view the collection and do exchanges with the > museum, our NATIONAL COLLECTION of meteorites. I hardly think the Smithsonian > had anything to do with a "smear campaign", in fact, I think they handled the > odd situation perfectly, they put the stone in safe storage and waited till > the legal issues were settled. There was no smear campaign, merely one side > presenting it's case and the other theirs. > One side lost. > Greg, I have been accused of lacking tact at times:), but this is bad. I > would suggest an apology to the scientists at the Smithsonian is in order. > Please do it, as a dealer and representative of the collecting private > community, this is an insult to a fine institution and those who work to > unlock the secrets of meteorites, and it is an abolute lie! I saw all the > press releases and the Smithsonian NEVER inserted themselves into the > argument once it began. > I am very happy the Lorton meteorite ended up where it should have, in a > museum for millions of people to see every year. > Michael Farmer >> >> > For the record... >> > >> > The landowners dropped the case because it was a PR >> nightmare for them because the Doctors and the Smithsonian >> pulled bogus and shameful tactics using the media and the >> Haitian Earthquake Crisis against the landowners and merely >> appealed to the public's emotion on the issue simply making >> them out to be the bad guys in the media if they continued >> to fight it. "Oh what bad people these greedy landowners >> must be to try to take away the meteorite from the public, >> and the money from those in need in Haiti." Oh my... >> > >> > They didn't drop the case because "the doctors were >> right". They dropped it because of the negative press and >> smear campaign played out in the media by the Doctors and >> the Smithsonian. Simple as that. >> > >> > This "Case" was never decided on legally in a court. >> Therefore the issue is still open and *unresolved* with >> regard to the legal ownership of meteorites falling on >> private property. >> > >> > Period. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Eric >> > >> > >> > >> > On 7/15/2011 7:41 PM, JoshuaTreeMuseum wrote: >> >> You find it , it's yours!: >> >> >> >> >> >> http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2011/william--mary-law-school-students-learn-about-property-law,-with-an-asteroid-twist-123.php >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Phil Whitmer >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> 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 >> > ______________________________________________ > 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
