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

On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 23:16:52 GMT, "MikeA" <MA@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>"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
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>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.
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You're probably right in this case. It'll be on to a 32" RC after
about 2 months with the 24".

However, I'm dead serious about this issue. Bank & credit card
accounts should be monitored for this type of activity and then
blocked. Unless actual scientific research is being done, the money
should be taken and given to people that need something a little more
basic than a ego stroke.

How any individual can justify spending this much money on a telescope
while children in our own country are hungry is just a mystery to me.
I hope the buyer sleeps well.....

Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve

P.S. The first respondent to my original post is not the individual
in question. I checked the information again to make sure. You can
relax, but please consider what you're doing and think of how many
people you could help by distributing that money more wisely.
.

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