[meteorite-list] Suggestion

[Greg Hupe]

Dear Mike and list members,

Very well said Mike. I did get drawn into it this time out of pure 
frustration and the same I AM TIRED OF ALL THE 'FERTILIZER' also. I should 
have sent a post like yours. For my part in attempting to throw cold water 
on it, I apologize to everyone.

Having been humbled,

Greg

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael L Blood" <mlblood at cox.net>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 12:57 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Suggestion


>        Do you people (dealers, mostly, but by no means
> exclusively) have ANY idea of how much the rest of
> us HATE the insidious, ongoing, petty prodding, poking,
> mudslinging CRAPOLLA with which you endlessly
> POLLUTE this list?????
>        You have been asked nicely, gently, politely,
> diplomatically, and REPEATEDLY to stop!
>        You all say, "Oh, we're really good friends..." and,
> "We'll all sit down together in Tucson and have a drink!"
> Ya? Well, the rest of us don't give a DAMN that you will
> have a drink together in Tucson! We have to live with your
> pollution the rest of the year and WE DON'T LIKE IT!
>        People leave the list! People get turned off to the whole
> meteorite scene!  You nit wits call yourself dealers, but
> continually engage in behavior that DRIVES COLLECTORS
> AWAY - not just from the list, but from collecting!
>        Brilliant! Stinking Brilliant!
>        "Don't feed the ducks," "Don't feed the ducks" - well,
> the VAST MAJORITY of this list has NOT been feeding
> the ducks but you quackers just keep at it and at it
> and at it!
>        I have a suggestion:
>        All of us that have NOT been quacking and quacking and quacking -
> Every time someone gets nasty at someone else on this list, EVERYONE
> send him a PERSONAL - OFF LIST email, saying, "Please post your
> personal resentment e-mails OFF list directly to the individual
> involved. I really don't want to be involved and you are violating list
> rules." (or, something to that effect). NOT on the list - PERSONALLY,
> and off list.
>        I MEAN EVERYONE - let these quackers get 500 emails every
> time they indulge in petty bickering on the list - KEEP IT UP. To
> hell with, "I'm going to leave the list because I just can't stand
> this constant negativity" crap! THIS IS OUR LIST! Let's take it back.
>        This is a way to do it. Do you  think if we ALL emailed 
> individually
> EVERY TIME each one did this they would not stop? Of course they
> would! It will take us all - 500 emails directly to the individual EVERY
> TIME! That will definitely give them pause. LET'S DO IT!
>        Sick of it in San Diego,
>        Michael
>
>
>
>
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