[meteorite-list] Astrology/Astronomy

[AL Mitterling]

Hi Mike,

I whole heartily agree. I see now we are adding politics in the argument 
which is a good  way to open a can of worms to get a big off topic of 
politics going on here. Sooner or later someone will do a search and see 
the discussion and invite all his/her friends to dive in to the off 
topic subject. But then things have been sorta slow lately. Best!

--AL Mitterling

Michael Gilmer wrote:

>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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>Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
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