Just thought I'd let everybody know I'm leaving the list. It's of no practical value to go no mail, as the archives for some reason are never complete or anywhere near complete any more. I just went to macvisionaries and could only access emails into February 2nd for this month. I don't know; maybe more can be accessed by using the direct piper mail link that we sometimes use for searching but it isn't worth the extra work to me at this point. The Macvoiceover list is now big enough that I feel I can be perfectly content with the support from that list.
I do appreciate and am not overlooking the moderator's post on the subject of appropriate language. However, since the majority of this list either approove such use, are indifferent to it, or don't care to speak up and be ridiculed or chastised, I have to assume that language commonly appropriate for all isn't really of major importance on this list and I'd just as soon not be involved. I also did notice that except for David's very kind post and one I received privately which was appreciated, not a word was spoken about the derrogatory posts I received onlist from Will just because I asked that such language be avoided. I'm certinly not going to go into a meltdown or be overly offended by a few nasty angry posts from one person, but I have to assume that abusive reactions to other posters is more acceptable than any objection to the use of profanity. As for the comments about my not imposing my dictionary on others, I do have the right to determine what comes into my home via the internet or otherwise. So, while many of you are delightful and helpful people, I prefer to stick with lists where people are in agreement that certain language isn't appropriate or necessary in emails and/or where I know such usage will be stopped immediately if it accidentally occurs. I am still amazed at the reaction by the sender of the questionable message and others on this list just because I asked that the subject line be changed and then asked a bit more firmly because of the email server filter response I received. Had I made an insulting remark about the person who sent the email or launched into a lecture about profanity, I could understand it, but I did neither of those things. I also recall that a few months ago there was much uproar on this list because some listers thought others were being too harsh in their wording of complaints about the areas of concern with Macvoiceover; interesting that remarks about apple should come under more strict censorship than the use of language that might be offensive to some. At any rate, I didn't want to leave the list immediately as a kind of knee-jerk reaction. But I see no reason why I should even have to consider ways to filter incoming email from a Mac-related list, and the unuseable state of the archives really leaves me with no reason to linger. thanks to all those who have been of help and whose posts I have enjoyed while on this list!!! Cheryl "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
