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Hi all. With regret, I have decided that the time has come for me to
leave this group. When I joined, it was in the hope that I could
participate in a mutually beneficial and enlightning discussion
regarding the Macintosh and specifically its uses and functionality
for those of us dependent on or interested in accessibility issues.
To a large extent, that has happened. It would be untrue to say that
because of my membership of this group I have not gained
substantially. And that is something for which I thank those members
who have been of assistance to me in the past. However, in view of
recent activity in the forum, I no longer feel that membership is a
productive way to spend my time. Frankly, any group whose members
include those who feel it necessary, find it amusing or have no other
means than to abuse those with whom they are communicating is not a
group with whom I wish to be associated. It's true to say that those
individuals are in the minority. But they spoil things for everybody
else, and we all suffer as a consequence. So, I again thank those
list members who have been helpful, and I would have no objection if
such people were to choose to contact me privately. However I feel
that in view of the fact that children within my family sometimes see
the content of these messages, it is inappropriate for me to allow
those whose vocabularies do not allow them to express themselves in
any other than abusive and or defamitory ways.
