To Whom It May Concern,

I had previously posted a reference to topics I started in a couple
of non-affiliated online forums. One of these is at PhysOrg.com.

I apologize for directing readers to that site.

There you will find a category labeled "New Theories",
under which I started a thread under the topic of
"Superluminal Gravitation"
- hoping to get some feedback on my ideas on the hypothesis that
gravity is faster-than-light,
[primarily related to the overview I publish at
http://hometown.aol.com/TachyonicGravity/SuperluminalGravitation.html,
and to my thesis about tachyonic gravity at
http://hometown.aol.com/TachhonicGravity/TLQTtGR01.html].

I was prepared for some opposition, naturally, but I was hoping that
it would at-least be relatively cordial in nature; not quite as
vehement as the last time I ventured into unaffiliated territory.

But that was not to be.

Despite the rapidly growing interest in the investigation of
superluminal phenomena in the physics community, there are still a
large number of defenders of the old status-quo who are openly
hostile to the idea of tachyons altogether, much less any suggestion
that gravity, of all things, could be tachyonic!

The topic immediately garnered off-topic posts from people interested
in opening the discussion by demeaning any other ideas but their own,
then turning around and praising themselves to no end. But this was
soon followed by people clearly opposed to the idea of tachyonic
gravity - not just offering criticism, but posting vile attacks on
me in the most insulting, derogatory, and angry language you could
imagine. And among the half-a-dozen or so individuals taking the
time to post comments under the topic, only one was even willing to
express a vague interest in discussing the subject politely.

Yet, the topic has so-far been on the boards only a few weeks!

For a forum boasing of presenting New Theories, I found that the vast
majority of individuals engaged in the forum were concerned mainly
with promoting unimaginative theories of their own, or theories of
others which they have embraced, which support old, out-dated, and
rehashed mainstream concepts that have long-ago outlived their
usefullness in helping genuine seekers-of-truth obtain a deeper
understanding of reality than we had 100 years ago.

I have therefore decided to withdraw my support for PhysOrg.com.

Readers can go there and see what has been posted. I do not, in
fact, object even to members continuing to engage in discussions at
the site (if you want only to be argumentative). But I will no
longer be participating in discussions thereabouts.

Rest assured, individuals who post messages in forums that I sponsor
will never be subjected to that kind of abuse. I allow for people to
post opposing views, but they must do so in a civilized manner, or I
delete their posts, and will, if necessary, ban them from my sites.

There are plenty of sites on the Internet at which opposition to the
idea of tachyons can be found. I therefore do not feel the need to
allow my sites to be contaminated by unruly contributors, and prefer
that criticism posted on forums that I moderate, though they do not
have to be helpful, must be minimally respectful of the fact that
people should be allowed to express their own opinion without having
to constantly be exposed to abusive treatment.

No one should be spoken of harshly because their ideas differ from
the dogma that is being imposed on our minds by the old-school but
ever-shrinking priesthood of the scientific establishment, scrambling
to hold onto the last vestige of their vested interests in erroneous
concepts in the wake of the ever-growing flood of all the newer (and
better) ideas currently sweeping the scientific community, coming
mostly from the "lower" ranks - who, by shear number, can no longer
be dismissed as fringe elements, quacks, or as promoting pseudo-
scientific theories. The tide is turning on the closed-minded.

Tachyons exist, whether the nay-sayers want to admit it or not. And
this fact will soon be demonstrated experimentally, and beyond all
possible doubt. Better it is, I say, to be leading the pack, than to
find oneself trying forever thereafter merely to catch up, or worse,
to have to explain why you had been so wrong for so long.

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Sincerely,
H Kurt Richter
founder, The Tachyonics Society of America

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