Dear List: It seems that members of this list having been put "on notice", so to speak, has had the effect of silencing not only irrelevant debate but almost every other topic as well. Being somewhat of an iconoclast I submit the following: I thought that it might possibly be fun To pen a limerick containing a pun. But some power myopic Has restricted our topic And now it's taboo to send one. Don A ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn