> > The heart of the list was torn asunder when IAAMOAC turned out to somewhat > of a fraud,
I agree. >and its diversity was crippled as a result of jingoist hyperbole. Interesting that you point to the expression of opinon by two list members who've been here longer than me (I've been here since '99), and who have always been very much in the minority on this list as the cause of the decrease in diversity. May I suggest that, instead of pointing to two list members expressing minority opinons that fly in the face of the overwhelming majority of list members (assuming only 20 active posters, they represent 10% of the active list membership), one can instead look towards the loss of the heart of the list dropping our tolerance for diversity. Indeed, I would suggest that pointing to a small group of people expressing unpopular opinions (with respect to this list at least) as the casue for lack of diversity is symptematic of the lowering of tolerance for diversity. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
