[FPSPACE] Use of Moon

[Brett Harrison]

I agree with Mark.
Whatever your point of view, you should (using a sporting analogy) be 
going for the ball, not the man.

Some of us have been on this list for 10 years or more, and we've seen 
many spirited debates & flat-out arguments.  And many of us have learned 
considerably from them.

There are long-standing rivalries & disagreements between some on this 
list.  But we still manage to conduct things civilly.

Personal attacks aren't productive.
They only teach us about the attacker.
And that's not what we're here for.



Mark Kramer wrote:
> I'm an occasional reader here, and I have observed Mr. Grondine's posts for
> the last few weeks with interest.
> 
> I have no dog in this fight, but I can say this to Mr. Grondine:
> 
> You need to step back and read what you have written. While your points may
> or may not be valid, the way you make them is too often nasty or rude or
> both. An adult should be able to explain without bullying or belittling
> those who have different views. 
> 
> It's just unpleasant to come across your postings, and I think they have, to
> some degree, scarred the collegial nature of this listserv.
> 
> I have the strong suspicion that I am not the only reader here with these
> sentiments.
> 
> Mark Kramer
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fpspace-bounces at friends-partners.org
> [mailto:fpspace-bounces at friends-partners.org] On Behalf Of
> DSFPortree at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 2:42 PM
> To: epgrondine at hotmail.com; FPSPACE at friends-partners.org
> Subject: Re: [FPSPACE] Use of Moon
> 
> Ed:
> 
> You have a peculiar inability to discuss space policy in a civil tone.
> 
> What the Chinese do matters to policymakers, but not to the degree required 
> to fund a return to the moon by American astronauts. Ditto the asteroid
> threat, 
> which I understand full well - better than you do, I think, based on your 
> postings. In any case, the asteroid threat has nothing to do with the moon,
> for 
> reasons I've already explained several times.
> 
> Reality - be in it.
> 
> David
> 
> David S. F. Portree
> author & educator
> dsfportree at aol.com
> (928) 226-1427
> Flagstaff Arizona USA
> 
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> 
> "It's like when you're a kid, the first time they tell you that the world's 
> turning and you just can't quite believe it because everything looks like
> it's 
> standing still. I can feel it - the turn of the Earth. The ground beneath
> our 
> feet is spinning at a thousand miles an hour, the entire planet is hurtling 
> around the Sun at sixty-seven thousand miles an hour, and I can feel it.
> We're 
> falling through space, you and me. Clinging to the skin of this tiny little 
> world, and if we let go..." - The Ninth Doctor
> 
> 
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Brett Harrison


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