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Walter, I strongly disagree with your views. As it stands, I think the list does a very good job of satisfying a lot of different constituencies. Any attempt to focus or splinter the list would diminish it overall, IMHO. Non US citizens such as myself really have little direct concern with the intricacies of politicking in the US parkinson community. In addition, it ma not have occurred to you that not everyone regards the search for a "PD cure" (inevitably a long term task) with quite such single-mindedness as yourself. Other sufferers or their carers have more immediate needs that are well met by the list in its present form. Speaking for myself, I enjoy and benefit from a touch of what you might choose to call irrelevance in the form of humour. Even more important to a lot of us, I guess, is the constant reassurance that we are not alone and that others out there are experiencing similar problems to those we are undergoing to say nothing of the practical help afforded by participating in such knowledgable free-ranging company. None of these points may do much to promote the search for a "cure" but they all help us to endure the wait until it is found. Regards, M. (CG for Margaret, 65/27 yrs) At 16:28 18/05/97 -0400, Walter Huegel wrote in part:.... >My #1 priority in participating in this list service is to advance the >cause for a PD cure. .... >It is frustrating to me when I expend my energy on the priority I have >chosen, only to feel that this is not the primary focus of this list. I >recognize the importance of social exchange, sharing of knowledge about >medications, symptoms, disease sequelae, etc. Perhaps there should be >more than 1 Parkinson list of this type, so that you can pick and choose >your priority emphasis. ...... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark Atyeo 51 Alexander Mackie Circuit Isaacs, 2607 Australia +61 6 286 2606 Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like an apple.