Re: paleonet Burgess Shale Fossil Theft

["Ronald L. Parsley" <parsley@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,
I am really disappointed about the degree of  interest that this bit of absurdity has generated.  The next time such nonsense comes in on the paleonet lets have the collective good sense to hit the delete button.

Pristis@aol.com wrote:

This is such silly-business.  It constantly amazes me how self-important
paleontologists can be!  This is just a rock that is missing from a
mountain-top.  How many of these worm impressions does it take to make this a
"tragedy"?  Get real, guys, get some perspective!

Think of this loss of a worm impression, if it is really a theft, as an
analogy for the "war on drugs" in our society.  You publicize the stuff, you
glamorize it, then you make it off-limits.  What does any clear-thinking
person expect at that point?  Nawww, forget that analogy.  The war on drugs
is a real tragedy; this missing worm impression is just too piddling a matter
to make the comparison.

       ------Harry Pristis

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In a message dated 9/4/01 8:47:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Dan_Chure@nps.gov
quotes:
(snippage)

 
         A curator with the Royal Tyrrell Museum in
         Drumheller, Alberta says the thefts are
         shameful.

         "It's kind of a tragedy I think to think that one of
         our key sites, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
         is open to pilfering of this sort," said Paul
         Johnston.

                   Written by CBC News Online staff

 

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Prof. Ronald L. Parsley
Department of Geology
Tulane University
New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
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