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Old 23-04-2007, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by shredder View Post
Yeah, would have to agree with Leon....

Nobody asked me for my oppinion before downgrading it....

Now if an equal number of impressive scientists (or not so impressive as the case may be) go out and call it a Planet... where will that leave us. Say it wont happen???... well look at smoking, or the environment.....

But I still sit with Leon, they should have asked me first before making such a large decision.....

Or come up with a much better reason and explination for it.
Well an equally important consideration.... Why should they ask you?

We are talking about a scientific reclassification of an object. Pluto is still Pluto. It still orbits the sun, has it's own moons, has an atmosphere, it's position in space has not been changed........ Did the fact that Pluto was classified as a planet make it any more or less important to people?

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