I imagine my e-mail is one of those not going through (the once I write!) so here it's again, as requested:
> Dear Allan, BDNow!ers, > > Here's one lurker's opinion: please don't make it more difficult to get > access to the information on this list! > > I am not farming presently, so I really do not have much to say to the list > right now - I am listening and learning. That is why I do not speak up more > often, and I am sure there must be lots like me. > > I do know that - > 1) in the knowledge era it is crazy to think that you can keep secrets > 2) in the knowledge era those who share their knowledge the most readily > will gain the most readily (bread on the water type of thing, except > knowledge is the real currency today) > > I salute everyone who contributes regularly to this list - it is lifeblood > stuff for me, and once I have land under my management (which looks to be > soon), these years of lurking will bear plentiful fruit. > > I must confess that I find all of this a bit paranoid - and my country once > was a securocracy of the first order. Yet I can see that America is > regressing into totalitarianism, Big Brotherism, you name it, so I have > sympathy for your fears and sentiments. But for us in the third world, what > we really need is readily available information, not less or more > complicated access. I am speaking to you from a place where we still mostly > pay our way in the world with our natural resources. > > Blessings > Christo > South Africa > Ed having written: > > > > Most of the people reading this are lurkers. That's OK, lurking is not a > > crime. People come to different lists for different reasons. How many > > lurkers out there were stirring and spraying before they came to this > > list? It's time for some of you to chime in. This discussion affects you > > too! (c'mon just this once). > > > > Just one opinion, > > FWIW, > > > > Ed
