[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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