[meteorite-list] OFF LIST: BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

[GREG LINDH]

Very nice post, Jodie......seriously.

Greg L.

> Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 14:38:35 -0800
> From: spacerocks at spaceballoon.org
> To: nick.gessler at duke.edu
> CC: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com; doug at dougross.net
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OFF LIST: BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy
> 
> Hi Nick,
> 
> You agree that the people should fear their government? Thomas
> Jefferson might have noted the support of tyranny in such an
> [apparent] statement {^1}.
> 
> Other respondents have noted instances where the "land management"
> agencies have started small and eventually leveraged that impression of "they
> only want a little" to ultimately kill the entire pursuit. It's a
> standard playbook really: steal a small amount until the people say
> "ouch", then wait until they've become accustomed to the new
> standard, then steal a little more. Rinse, lather, repeat.
> 
> The OHV ("four-wheeling") community have spent untold fortunes
> litigating themselves back into existence after allowing this very
> thing. "It could never happen to us", right? We've heard others
> refer to "treasure hunting"/metal detecting, antiquities,
> paleontological collecting, etc., but that will never happen here -
> no, better we should shut up and try not to anger the
> government-beast.
> 
> Personally: I'd never accurately report another find; retroactive
> legislation is all too common.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> --- Jodie
> 
> ^1: "When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the
> government fears the people there is liberty." - Attributed to Thomas
> Jefferson, possibly properly sourced to John Basil Barnhill.
> 
> Regardless of the source, it has proven a truism in every case.
> 
> 
> 
> > Doug,
> 
> > I fully agree with you...
> 
> > Cheers, Nick
> 
> > Nicholas Gessler, Ph.D.
> 
> 
> > ________________________________________
> > From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> > [meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] on behalf of Doug Ross [doug at dougross.net]
> > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 1:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy
> 
> > [CLIP!] [...] My concern is that mounting an aggressive campaign to
> > elicit a revision in these guidelines could backfire. The easiest
> > answer for a bureaucrat to give, when pressed for a response, is
> > "No". [CLIP!] [...] I just hope that it is handled in a way that doesn't
> > provoke an outright hunting ban by the Feds next year.
> 
> > Doug Ross
> > doug at dougross.net
> 
> 
> 
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