[meteorite-list] Not Proud of Tom

[Impactika at aol.com]

Hello again,
 
I am sorry to disagree with you again Michael, but I believe you missed the  
point. This has nothing to do with anyone being able to take some ribbing 
every  now and then. 
 
Please read Howard (bencubbin) email again:  "Considering all the  positive 
publicity generated by Steve Arnold and Geoff Notkin in promoting  meteorites, 
what contribution will the resurrection of Proud Tom have?   Will it have a 
positive or negative affect in the eyes of people who are taking  a new interest 
in meteorites?"
 
Or as Tom puts it: "The list is in the best shape it's been in for some  
time, so let's try to keep uplifting our members as we are presently doing with  
those who are sick and hurting, and also endeavor to not be the cause of pain 
or  mental anguish for any member."
 
The Meteorite Community as a whole needs all the positive publicity it can  
get, anything negative must be avoided. And as you well know, anything 
published  on the Net can and will become public eventually. As you said the meteorite 
blog  was (is?) a sewer, and I entirely agree with you. But I find it 
interesting that  you are the one who associated Proud Tom with the Blog!
 
So, let's not go there. As Chicago-Steve said "....may he rest in  piece".
 
Thank you Howard, Tom, Jerry, Dean, Dave, and all the others for your wise  
comments.
 
Anne M. Black
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In a message dated 3/5/2007 4:58:06 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
mlblood at cox.net writes:
Moni's post I found most interesting of  all,
I like it / I don't like  it.
Hmmmm..... sounds like it is  the way you look at it. And most
certainly, everyone has a right to look at  things their own way. I
might look at that cannon and think, "Why, that's  DISGUSTING!
That cannon killed people and now someone is using it to  demonstrate
the effect of high velocity shrapnel and how it can closely  resemble
the venerable Sikhote-Aline meteorites!"  OR, one could look at  it the
way the person who presented it  does.
I, personally, found the  Meteorite Blog a sewer and was highly
offended that someone was making  obscene posts to it using my name.
I immediately stopped going there - this  was about 2 hrs into its
existence. For all I know it is still going strong.  I don't know - I don't
care. I stopped going there. It is none of my business  if other people like
it or not.
I was one of the first to be lampooned by Proud Tom - and fairly
heavily so.  I laughed until it hurt. Others, some of whom I respected
a great deal found  it offensive when they were lampooned. I don't get
it, but that is their  right. Chicago Steve's response was one of the things
endeared him to me. Say  what you like, he can laugh at himself.
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