Robert wrote:
I really miss the old days of the list. It was once an oasis on the net. Then it became a disaster area. And we have never fully rebuilt. We never recovered from the time Brin blew up and left. We never recovered from Jeroens blowup. There have been too many firefights, spats and petty feuds. Our mantra changed from "Brin is all" to "Politics is all" and that is cause for shame. It is as if when we rebuilt the list we put in all the mechanical parts and left out the heart and the soul, but unlike the Tin Woodsman I don't think it has been there all along unnoticed. Our hope should be with people like Warren and Deb Harrell who put a part of themselves into what they write the way the rest of us used to. I wish Julia had the time she used to and that the "sew'n'sews" still felt the list was worth their time. There was so much kindness shown on the list in those days. And tolerance.
The heart of the list was torn asunder when IAAMOAC turned out to somewhat of a fraud, and its diversity was crippled as a result of jingoist hyperbole.
I miss the old days too, but we've still got a number of intelligent, interesting people here and the discussions can be very engaging and enlightening.
-- Doug IAAMOACWIITM maru _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
