[TheForge] Meteoric iron - wrap it in foil

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> Wheeeeeoooooooooo. I guess I must have pushed your button.
> I didn't put down anyone's religious beliefs. I simply commented on the
> "I'll believe what I want to believe, and I'm perfectly happy to let her
> believe what she wants to believe- the only thing there that's my business
> is my beliefs, and the money I can possibly make from the commission..."
> statement.

Well, that happens to be the case- and that's not how it sounded. Instead,
it sounded like you wanted me to judge her religious beliefs and refuse the
commission on that basis. That ain't gonna happen, any more than I'd refuse
the commission if she were black (them Ne-grows like to cut up white folks,
don't you know) gay (they hate women, likely to cut them up) or handicapped
(can't let them crippled folks have a knife- the poor dears might hurt
themselves). I WOULD refuse the commission if she asked for a good knife to
cut her significant other's throat with, or even to perform a Bobbitt, but
that's a matter of good sense, not a matter of refusing her because she
belonged to a different group of some sort than I do (Hey, she lives in the
city, and you KNOW all city folks ain't right.)

> If you really meant that you were in agreement with the item and its
> intended use, you should have said so.
> I wouldn't have had anything to say about that.
> By the way I was simply making a play on your "Saint Phlip" signature. I
> never questioned your beliefs or even assumed I knew what they were.
> Darrell

I neither agree nor disagree with the intended use- I simply didn't want to
get into a long discussion about religious preference. All I REALLY want to
do is find out what I might be dealing with if I try to turm the meteorite
into useful metal. If I can do so, I will. If I can't, then I want to know
what characteristics will tell me I can't, and be able to explain to her
why.

Saint Phlip,
CoDoLDS

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....