There has been petty bickering on this list. I freely admit that i have succombed to it too, when i should have ignored the barbs and not retatliated. However, the recent stuff regarding ABUSE was not petty at all. It was vile. It caused great distress. It went on for a long time because the people here let it go on, they ignored it, and now some are excusing it. Silence equals consent, even when you wish it didn't. This whole thing could have been cleared up a long time ago. Perhaps it wouldn't have come to this. Abuse in genral happens because people ignore it, don't want to get involved, don't want the hassle. Thus we read about dead children everyday in the papers. In this case, it was adults and no one died. However, the allowing of it was shameful. The attacking of the victims of it was wrose. Please, I hope this never is allowed to happen again. This list is a wonderful place and we each need to protect that. we are human, we can't avoid pettiness, disagreements, fallings out but we can and must stop abuse and speak up when we see it happening. This was not a sudden development. It had been going on for quite some time, a couple of years and it was ignored and excused for far too long. No one on this list deserves that kind harrassment. We are all here because of a common bond. And we should be free to express ourselves and to disagree and to agree. -- bw colin DAK,BRO GC, 950i 940,860,864, 260, 890,Silver 830 and 270, Passap 6000 Duo80 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tantra-apso.com
