From: Chris Rutkowski <rutkows@cc.UManitoba.CA>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 10:30:07 -0600 (CST)
Fwd Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 02:50:50 -0500
Subject: Re: Moulton Howe

UFO UpDates - Toronto writes:
> > For those following Hale-Bopp, this may be of interest.
> > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> [snip]
> > There you have the establishment astronomers' statement on this issue.

> And that is exactly _all_ it was, remembering the broad assumptions
> _they_ made with regard to an _expected_ world view: that physics is
> understood, and there are no surprises left in a universe we cannot even
> see the end of . . .human arrogance can be more stupefying than its

> ignorance. Moreover, it matters not so much whether Hale-Bopp even _has_
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Huh? You mean, you don't care that this whole thing has been a travesty
promoted to guillible UFO buffs?

Or, probably what you really mean is that it doesn't *matter* that
there isn't really a companion object, because buffs will believe
whatever they want and continue hyping stuff because of Millenial
Fever.

> a companion -- it is our corrosive reaction to its mere *suggestion*
> that really chaps _my_ ass.

If a strong determination to present the truth and correct
misrepresented facts or errors is a "corrrosive reaction", then so be
it.

As for your ass, I'd suggest some Johnson's Lotion.

--
Chris Rutkowski - rutkows@cc.umanitoba.ca
(and now, also: Chris.Rutkowski@UMAlumni.mb.ca)
University of Manitoba - Winnipeg, Canada