Re: Some amateurs just sicken me.....


"Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve" <TPG@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Read here somewhere about an amateur waiting on delivery of a 24" RC
> Optical scope. He's going to use it in his driveway. It costs what,
> $60,000.00 for the scope & God knows what for the mount. This just
> isn't right, no one should be allowed to spend that kind of money for
> a personal scope. Even though I'm a Republican, I'd be in favor of
> legislation to watch for those kinds of expenditures and stop them
> dead in their tracks. The money should then be confiscated and given
> to the needy.
>
> I want this kind of behavior stopped & I want it stopped now.
>
> Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve

Usually people like that have no clear understanding of astronomy and only
want to impress people on some level or take pictures to WOW people with.

If the guy is goin to discover new comets or space rocks threatening earth
or do real
astronomy then such an expenditure is fine.


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