Art: He DID offer the option of a private E-mail. Carole H. --- Arthur Hirsch <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Kathy, I most heartily agree with you - and equally > heartily disagree. > > I agree because "voting" on the list generates a lot > of mail - which takes > time to open and read, even if it is just the word > "Yes" or the word "No." > Many of your 111 messages were simply that: "Yes" or > "No." There is no > reason for 1800 people to have to go through the > "Yes" and "No" mail 40 > times or more, maybe as many as 1800 times. And > indeed, that's why I > didn't answer Dr. Heitman's poll. I would have > answered if he had asked > that the results go directly to him and no one else. > > I disagree because my answer would have been yes. > If we have a listmember > from the Duchy of Liechtenstein and that member > wants the Liechtenstein > government to spend money on Parkinson research, I > think that this list > should be an excellent source for help. Our goal is > to rid the world of > PD. If things political will help toward this goal, > by all means have at it; > > Art > > > At 08:59 PM 9/28/99 ,Kathy Whitman wrote: > >No > >There is so much mail now it is hard to handle all > of it (111 messages > >when I signed on today at about 6 PM. I had signed > off yesterday at > >around 4 PM). Please don't add to this with > political information from > >many, many people that many of us won't be voting > for. After all most > >candidates are not for a national officeand this is > an international > >list. This is not what the list is about! > >Kathy W. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com