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i would prefer to not receive any more communications from Mr. Boots. I find it both strange and disturbing to start receiving insulting E-mail from a complete stranger who no longer belongs to PIEnet. Carole H. --- Arthur Hirsch <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > For those of you new to the list, David Boots is a > long-term highly > respected member of the PD community and he was once > a substantial > contributor to the list. Several years ago he left > the list because, I > believe, he did not like the direction that it was > taking. This was his > form of protest. > > Subsequently, he has been able to monitor the list > without becoming a list > member through John Cottingham's web site. He can > reply to any of us > individually. He can read what we say; but he > cannot reply to the list > because he is not a listmember and clearly does not > care to become a > listmember again. > > Those of us who have been on the list for a long > time remember David for > his poetry. I had forgotten that he has an > excellent web site at > > http://www.sonic.net/%7Ebootst3k/ > > to which I commend you all. > > We may not all agree with what David has to say, but > to my mind David feels > that he has our best interests at heart. He should > be free to express them > any way he chooses. Indeed, as long as they are in > good taste, we should > welcome his suggestions. > > Art > _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com