[meteorite-list] Astrology/Astronomy

[Michael Gilmer]

Hi,

My dearly-departed and beloved grandmother was an avid
astrologer.  I don't share her beliefs, which were
admittedly from somewhere way out past left field. 
But
she was a loving, kind, and INTELLIGENT woman with a
masters degree.  She just believed in a few goofy 
things like astrology behind closed doors.  She didn't
push her beliefs onto other people and rarely talked
about it.  In fact, us grandkids didn't even know she
was an astrologer until after she passed away.

At any rate, life is too short to paint groups of
people
with a broad stroke of the brush.  Lumping a large
group of people together, without knowing them, and
then launching obscenities and insults at them is 
bigotry.  Substitute the word "astrologer", in that
rant that started this, with any word that describes
a racial or religious group and you'll see my meaning.

I subscribe to this group to learn about meteoritics,
not to listen to the bitter and hostile rants of a
foul-mouthed person.  And I don't appreciate someone
calling my grandmother a "&*%#$! dimwit" or nitwit
or whatever it was.

I'm sure I will get flamed for this, but it was not
me who injected an off-topic rant into the list to
start with.

Regards and clear skies,

MikeG


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Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
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Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
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