um...well....to respond honestly to the questions: > I'm not sure how you mean this - that the list is an anomaly because it is a > music list and most people would rather discuss the music, or that the music > somehow indicates a certain bent toward favoring one position over another? >
i'd have to say...yes and yes. the list is what now...600 people? i know...only a few posters actually participate in the discussions. there are some who only want to discuss the music and get frustrated when the issues extend toward politics or controversy....ie. paz. at the same time....i do think we as a group maintain a slightly different demographic make up than say.....the rush limbaugh list....the jerry falwell list.....the metallica list....etc. to me...the joni mitchell list is the only cool list i've found and the only one i maintain over time because of the unique individuals that show up over time. i mean...the mark formerly known as mark in seattle...now known as E.....wallybear...the whore of babylon....colin...the tantric catman....paul i.....eat shit and die.....victor and the muppets. you know...every once in a while victor says something about muppets....well he has muppets all over his house...the dude's a muppet head.... we are an ecclectic bunch of folks with divergent views. i love us all here. at the same time....i know there is a whole block of individuals who get up in the morning and go to work and never even think about some of the things we've discussed. i guess i would agree that if we polled the 600...we'd find a representation of typical values. maybe. maybe i'd need to see that to believe it. i mean...i know for a fact that when you combine joni mitchell with dave matthews....you get really interesting results (and i ain't going any further on that one). i don't know. i've seen things over the years i've never seen anywhere else. and you know....i'm comforted by that...because i've found others like me here. but i still think we're different. in michigan i got in a car with four other jmdlers i've never met and in five minutes we could talk like we've known each other for years. it's a different place here i think. pat np. cartoons
