Re: [meteorite-list] Peru news - finders keepers

2007-10-26 Thread Michael L Blood
My Dear Thaddeus, You seem to take meteorite dealer hating to a new level. I have always been amazed at the collectors who resent the People who bring them meteorites. There seems always to be That contingent that thinks NO ONE should "make a living," Selling meteorites regardless of how ha

Re: [meteorite-list] Peru news - finders keepers

2007-10-26 Thread Michael Farmer
I just do not like waking up at 3 am for a flight, and reading this same, tired drivel. As you say Martin, I want proof if I am to be called a pirate. Peru has no such laws, but in that country, their legal system also states that you are guilty of any crime you are accused of, you are required to

Re: [meteorite-list] Peru news - finders keepers

2007-10-26 Thread Norbert Classen
Thaddeus Besedin wrote: > Germany has laws guaranteeing landowners their gifts from the sky; As Martin said, be sure that you can back up your claims - there is no such law in Germany. It seems that you don't have the best sources of information... or are you making such things up to fit your th

Re: [meteorite-list] Peru news - finders keepers

2007-10-26 Thread Thaddeus Besedin
You are driven by an interest in the material, surely, but I think here that you may not have been translating subtleties of context here as I may have intend to communicate. I strictly compare Mike's attitude to that of a trafficker in contraband, except for his hesitation to control his public de

Re: [meteorite-list] Peru news - finders keepers

2007-10-26 Thread Martin Altmann
I don't know, may you explain, why you ask from meteorite dealers a higher moral standard or ethical behaviour than from the fastfood chain, where you're munching your burgers, the power authorities, which are heating your home, the carmaker, where you bought your car from, our butcher, baker, supe

Re: [meteorite-list] Peru news - finders keepers

2007-10-26 Thread Thaddeus Besedin
Just because something lands on "your" land doesn't mean you "own" it. What if luggage containing money came out of the sky, creating a crater, from an airplane that exploded in mid-air? Would I "own" the money? What if I found a human burial while digging a pool. Would I own the skull? You make u