On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, J. van Baardwijk wrote:

> <Voice-Of-Reason Mode>
> Gautam, Kristin, everybody, calm down. This echo chamber nonsense and
> throwing around accusations is not going to get us anywhere. It will
> only lead to harsher words, people leaving the list, and eventually to
> this wonderful community falling apart. I can't believe anyone here
> would want that to happen. So, calm down, take a deep breath, go for a
> walk or something, then come back and do your best to turn this
> community back into the great place it used to be.
> </Voice-Of-Reason Mode>

What he said.

And how he said it a lot better than I could have today.

Thank you, Jeroen.

> And remember to say to yourself ocassionally: IAAMOAC.

IAAMOAC.  AND a civilized mailing list, I hope!

        Julia


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