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Hi Joan... Please hang in thru this brouhaha, m'dear. It'll soon pass and the tenor.. the "feel," of the List will remain essentially the same. It seems that every 5 or 6 months some disgruntled (for whatever reason) individual appoints themselves as the "Official List Police," and spews out a buncha of orders they expect all here to immediately follow. Threats of "just retribution" upon various List members and/or of quitting the List are common "List Police" tactics. Mostly, those of us who've been 'round the block several times with this kind of things just do a mental shrug and a "ho hum," figuring that's their choice, tho personal harassment by a "List police" upon another member usually find's them off-list mighty fast 'cause the list owner doesn't permit that. While passive acquiescence is impossible with THIS feisty group of uniquely independent individuals, GENERALLY a good suggestion on ways to improve or speed up message reading and distribution is eventually followed up on by the group (i.e., posting a message with an accurate, descriptive header, and other similar suggestions). You'll see... thing's soon right themselves 'round here... Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] ---------- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Stan or Joan Snyder Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 1998 12:13 AM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: List Problems Hi. I am very new to the list, yet I feel that I contribute enough so as to be called a member of the "vocal minority". It breaks my heart to hear one censoring another; feelings are bound to be hurt & I will be afraid to ever post again. I don't understand the problem fully, I guess. I have my list delivered in "digest" form. That way, two or occasionally three times a day, I get my PWP e-mails all at once. From there, it seems to be an easy process to scroll down, read what I want, save it for later if I want or to delete the whole thing! I believe that all of us have different needs & wants that are being fulfilled through this wonderful safe-haven of a list. The last thing we need is to frighten away any contribution; based on a committe-like decision to judge what is appropriate. Those of us who do contribute do so for a variety of reasons & should show (as Camilla has already said) a little discretion when deciding how to reply, but get over it! This squabbling & in-fighting just destroys our solidarity! Face it-we all need each other & (I suspect) we all have something to contribute! thanks for allowing me this forum to openly express my views without fear of censure. -- Joan Snyder (47/8) "Do or do not. There is no try."-Yoda [log in to unmask] http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/snyder/page1.htm