[meteorite-list] Yet another gimmicky expensive meteorite"collectable"

[MeteorHntr at aol.com]

MikeG and all,

You said: "It is in  nobody's best interest to restrict the search for, 
discovery
of, and trade of  meteorites."

I want to correct you.  It is in the financial short  term best interest 
for researches and their institutions in a country to get  grant money to 
study their new meteorites. If they let the new meteorites out of  their 
borders, that is potentially millions of dollars those institutions won't  get of 
grant money that someone else will get.

That is the ONLY logical  reason.  A bad reason, but it is a reason.  

And that greed and  selfishness is strong enough in some places to get the 
stupid laws past.   As Martin pointed out, in many cases it might just be 
one researcher the nudges  the right person to get such a law passed. 

Of course the results of such  thinking is bad in the long term, but 
nowadays, no one seems to care about the  long term, only the short term.

Steve Arnold
of "Meteorite  Men"


In a message dated 7/7/2009 9:41:36 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
meteoritemike at gmail.com writes:
Hi Martin and List,

Well analyzed  Martin.  Reading your posts on these matters is like
receiving an  education.   Now if we could just get the governments in
question  to read this list and consider what Martin has written
extensively on, then  we might see a return to reason.

It is in nobody's best interest to  restrict the search for, discovery
of, and trade of meteorites.

Best  regards and clear skies,

MikeG  

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