[meteorite-list] The red skein of aggressiveness

[Impactika at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/16/2007 3:22:46 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
bernd.pauli at paulinet.de writes:
How much I wish we would have held our horses  instead of spitting
venom, but this "discussion" has once again reached a  point that
makes it hard, at least for me, to keep my mouth  shut.

Mike, no hard feelings, but though there is no doubt about your  efforts and 
your untiring enthusiasm and though we all know you are willing  to risk
money and health when it comes to meteorites, Armando does not  basically
complain about Ourique or any other meteoritic deeds of daring but  about
your unbridled, hard to stop aggressiveness. Here are a few - just a  few(!)
comments, excerpts from mails (part of them to be found in the  archives),
the Matteo-Farmer diatribes are not included, though they are  still painfully
ringing in most list members' ears (let alone the T-shirt  "affair").

May 2000: Art expelled Mike Farmer for undue behavior on the  list.

Dec 2000: it was Mike Farmer who started the "below the belt"  campaign.

Sep 2001: I think nobody wants to tell Mike Farmer who the...in  question
is for fear that Mike will rake [him/her] ... over the  coals.

Aug 2002: As long as he and Mike Farmer don't start slinging  mud
at one another. The next round has just started :-(

You're right  about the Farmer-Bessey mudslinging. It really does get out
of hand and soils  both their reputations when they resort to name-calling.

Nov 2002: I  agree completely. He seems to type first and think later, and
in the meantime  500 people have to read his emotional outbursts. 

Sep 2003: one of the  most aggressive characters is and always has been Mike 
Farmer.

Oct 2003:  a few days ago I finally blew up at Mike Farmer for his swearing 
on the  list

Nov 2003: we had to wade ankle-deep through the Farmer/Casper  diatribes

Feb 2004: I've also seen and read Casper come and go, bashing  Mike Farmer,
when Mike was not so established as he is now - and  unfortunately Mike seems
to be doing the very same thing now.

Mar  2004: I'm afraid Mike is a loose cannon who tends to release his mouth
before  his brain is fully engaged.

Mar 2004: I can see why it is impossible for  some List members to express 
their
thoughts. It is no fun getting caught up  in a Farmer argument. I must admit, 
it is
hard not to respond to some of his  attacks. Just as long as he gets the last 
word ...

Mike Farmer: "Anyone  selling NWA 987 and saying that there were more stones
is full of  crap."

Apr 2005 (?): the dirty laundry just aired between Farmer and  Casper.


Regards,

Bernd
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Thank you, Bernd
I hope Mike, and a few others, will print your email,  frame it and post it 
right beside their computer, so they can see it and be  reminded daily!!!

Anne M.  Black
www.IMPACTIKA.com
IMPACTIKA at aol.com
President, I.M.C.A.  Inc.
www.IMCA.cc
 



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