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KEN@co*.ci*.uf*.ed* wrote: > > A museum is one thing. The living room of some selfish jerk is > another. > True, and in one case I know that the guy that founded the museum sold many of the artifacts to pay for the salvage effort and to pay for setting up the museum. He also has loaned many artifacts to existing museums. So a lot of the stuff ended up in living rooms of people who aren't even divers, but the money they paid helped preserve the rest. The sad fact is he could not have afforded to salvage the stuff or start the museum if he had not sold some and no state or federal agencies were interested in, or had the budget, to pay for the effort. > We might as well all go out to the Sequoia National Forest and cut us > down our very own tree because it might catch fire some day and burn > down anyway. The trees are living and self replicating, and there is a chance they may not burn. The Atlantic wrecks are don't replicate, except for the life that grows on them, and once destroyed will be gone forever. And there is a 100% certainty that they are being destroyed. It is just a matter of time. Rick +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Please send messages for the WreckDiver list to: wreckdiver@wreckdiver.com Send subscription and help requests to: wreckdiver-request@wreckdiver.com +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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