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sheep defender wrote:
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How did you check to see if the star hadn't already been "sold" by some
company?

I hope Chris did exactly as much checking as ISR and similar outfits
(ISR isn't the only one) do to check that the star hasn't already been
sold by one or more of the opposition, i.e. none whatsoever.

Why would you hope that?


[...]
I'm not seeking support, just a balanced view.

Please give us your "balanced view" of how it is right to sell an
imaging artefact as a star.

It's not the object, it's the direction in the universe (coordinates).
Think about the lifelong inspirational value.


Then you can give me a "balanced view" of how I should have responded
when, at a pubic star party, a couple presented me with a naming-scam
certificate and asked me to show them the 12th mag dot they had named
for their dead child.

Every child's death is a tragedy. I lost a little daughter. You should
have responded with information about the range of star types their
child's star might be, and where to find out more.


And for an encore you can give us your "balanced view" of why this:
http://members.aol.com/nlpjp/buy.htm
is unbalanced and why it is right for a star-naming scam to hound the
Perkins Observatory for including similar information on its web site
(see S&T Aug 2000, p28)

Hounding is rarely ever morally right, but apparently both sides see their
actions as equivalent.

Defender


Best,
Stephen

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