[meteorite-list] WWND?

[Mark Grossman]

Hi Martin,

Thank you for expressing your thoughts so eloquently and bringing much 
perspective to the table on this issue.

But it's a delicate balance.  Because you can also lose persons who can 
contribute to the list by driving them away by all of the off topic posts, 
no matter who posts them.  And when all of the wise elders become inactive 
for one reason or anohter - sometimes tragic reasons - who remains to carry 
their torch if you drive new people away?

we can
> loose the great personalities in our midst, and that sometimes we need
> to savor the messenger and not stumble about whether or not the
> content of the message is personally appropriate.

Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dark Matter" <freequarks at gmail.com>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 11:40 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] WWND?


> What would Nininger Do?
>
> I apologize if I offended anyone about appreciating Dr. Moore's
> message to the list. Often we forget just who is lurking here from
> around the globe. When I saw a message from Carleton Moore, I
> cross-checked the email address just in case, the read Eric's reply
> just a half-hour later.
>
> Being "some professor in a office somewhere that you have never met,"
> I do carry a particular respect for those shoulders upon whose we
> stand. With the recent loss of Brian Mason on December 3rd, I guess I
> was just feeling old and wishing there was more respect for those
> scientists who didn't just change the field of meteoritics forever,
> but actually first discovered the the wonderful facts that so interest
> us in these special stones, and make us return day after day to this
> Meteorite List.
>
> Brian Mason's obituary in the Washington Post concluded with a quote
> from me that expressed a similar experience eight year ago.
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/08/AR2009120804129.html
>
> Having being "mentored" by the likes of David New, Chuck Lewis Tim
> McCoy and others, I do worry about how many collectors believe the
> mere ownership of meteorites is enough education about the science
> behind meteorites.
>
> All I wanted to convey in my reply to Eric and the List is that at any
> moment, as we all experienced by the loss of Christian Anger, we can
> loose the great personalities in our midst, and that sometimes we need
> to savor the messenger and not stumble about whether or not the
> content of the message is personally appropriate.
>
> Thank you for your consideration.
>
> -Martin
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