Re: Justice For Pluto


fishfry wrote:
In article <1156563817.606603.198780@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
JusticeForPluto@xxxxxxx wrote:

Planetary status has been stripped from Pluto.

This is a disrespectful way to treat our friend in distant space.
Earth and Pluto have long coexisted in peace and harmony, and to
declare our fellow solar body a "Dwarf Planet" is unacceptable and
undignified.

Tell the International Astronomical Union (IAU) that you demand Justice
For Pluto.

http://www.cafepress.com/JusticeForPluto


Good point. What if the Plutonians declared Earth a mutant planet
infested with dumb humans. Would we stand for it? Would the Bush
administration invade?

Well, if there's oil on Pluto, then yes.

Or would we just nuke them? If we don't deal with
the Plutonians on Pluto, next week they could be in Duluth.

Nuke _Pluto_nians with _Pluto_nium-based weapons? That deserves a few
points on the irony meter.

But the real issue is: What exactly is a planet?

To make this thread vaguely relevant to math, I propose that the
definition of a planet is a fuzzy one. Objects can be planets to some
extent, but there's no sharp dividing line.

--- Christopher Heckman

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