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Dennis, all of your posts are marvelous, would that I could write as well as you do. This last part has been concerning me for months. It is unpleasant and I don't know what to do except stay silent (mostly) Nita Dennis Greene wrote: > SNIP > Thirdly - If there should be a discussion on the introduction of a FAQ > and/or what the FAQ should cover, I hope it can be conducted in a less > aggressive manner than has been our recent practice. The feeding frenzy > that recently passed for discussion probably initiated more unsubscribes > than any other source. Even if it didn't, it gave the lie to the much > vaunted "family" aspect of the list. Any family has its disagreements, but > any family that tears itself apart as this one does, for as long as this one > has been, has to be described as dysfunctional. We can 'tweak' our format > and services 'till doomsday, but if we "have not love" we are " ...as > sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal". I have become so tired of swimming > against that tide, so aware that I am out of touch with the mood of the list > that, in combination with my previously mentioned reluctance to repeat > myself, I have fallen almost completely silent in recent weeks. This is > hardly a matter of much importance in itself - but it is a pointer to > another reason (other than list volume) why some people may be leaving us. > Perhaps they simply don't like the way we treat each other. > > Dennis > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Dennis Greene 49/dx 37/ onset 32 > There's nothing wrong with me that a cure for PD won't fix! > [log in to unmask] > http://members.networx.net.au/~dennisg/ > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++