[log in to unmask] wrote: >This is what many of us get out of this list - >cyberhuman contact with fellow PDers who CARE. Without the humor and >silliness which occassionally pervades the list, we might as well all be >robots! Its bad enough that many of us already have the masks of >inanimation. We certainly don't have to let our inner-being go that >route. I agree - the social side of this list is *very* important. Probably the most important bit. But some people don't agree with us, or don't have time to participate in "banter". Why not have a place where humour and silliness is allowed, and places which are very much more focussed and "professional"? Or how about having smaller/lower traffic lists where "banter" is only a few messages, and it isn't percieved as a problem? Simon --------- My opinions are my own, NIP's opinions are theirs ---------- Simon J. Coles Email: [log in to unmask] New Information Paradigms Work Phone: +44 1344 778783 http://www.nipltd.com/ Work Fax: +44 1344 772510 =============== Life is too precious to take seriously ===============