[meteorite-list] List as bad as blog!

[E. L. Jones]

Congrats!  Good work.  Now you know at least that that name is setting 
you up.

I do similar things with addresses that move freely amongst the many 
"free and throw away" accounts
Over the years has anyone else ever wondered if and why so many of  the 
"So n So's Our Hero, Stop Bashing Him !, Enabler Society"-- have "throw 
away" email addresses (e.g. yahoo, hotmail etc.) with ISP access in, for 
example--the Chicago, Illinois area?  Or why they only post to "support" 
the Hero, and never answer questions put to them?  Maybe it is just that 
I am paranoid...  The subscribers to this list are SOOOOOooo  played and 
many so gentle and trusting they are oblivious.

Giving things away seems, on the surface, as a noble mangamous behavior 
until you remember that Jim Jones gave away free kool-aid , Thalidimide 
was a free sample given to pregnant women, and your neighborhood drug 
dealer frequently starts a new customer with a "free bag".

I think you are right--we shouldn't tolerate fake identities, we 
shouldn't tolerate being played, and when the liars are found out we 
shouldn't tolerate their deceit.  An apology is ok once  but when it is 
used over and over as a "get out of jail free" card, how do we expect 
that the apology is ever sincere ever?  In the long run, as was said 
long ago on the list,--this trade is based on the trust and integrity of 
the person's claim of provinence-that the material is what it is 
represented to be.  If they are deceptive in other matters why do we 
want to believe that they are suddenly "wholey honest" in their sales 
weights, sizes, and representations.  How would we know the material was 
even from the meteorite they claim it is?

I want to apologize for this post,  and I want to apologize in advance 
for the next one--it won't happen again....and in case it does, I want 
to apologize for that one too.  Oh  did I tell you I apologize for this 
post?  (rolling my eyes)

Elton


Tom Knudson wrote:

>(snip)..." Devon Slater" that quickly
>turned into an argument complete with insults.  Later today I checked the
>blog, and sure enough, he took it over to the blog. Then, I noticed that his
>email address is consciencepolice at yahoo.com.  I also looked in the List
>Archives and found out in the past three months, he has only posted a few
>times and each time it was to fight with someone.
>   I am thinking that with an address like his, he is not a real person,
>just another person that has to hide behind a fake identity so he can be
>hateful.  I think, as a list we should not tolerate fake identities on the
>list or it will end up as bad as the blog.
>  
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