--- Les Irvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joniphiles - > > Can we talk? Does the JMDL seem to have taken on a > different flavor > lately? Does it seem to have lost some of its sense > of community? Does > anyone else feel this way?
Les, I hope you don't regret asking this question. I don't care for the constant discussions of war vs peace or politics and people yelling at one another over who said what and what it might or might not have meant. I wish people would give it some time and thought before responding quickly to something they perceive as inflammatory. I know these things come up from time to time and it goes on for a while and then everything settles down. It hasn't settled down - yet. Maybe it will. I find it all very tiring. I don't enjoy discussing politics (I'm an avoider to the max, but no one tells me how to vote or how I *should* feel about anything. This last part is true of just about anyone - I can't comment on who the avoiders are, but they're probably not posting to discussions of war and whether it's a good thing or not to bomb the crap out of Iraq). I have my own feelings about war and politics and I don't feel it's necessary to shout these feelings out at people. People believe what they believe. I've been deleting these, of course. There has been more than the usual amount of postings to links - read this, read that. At the same time, I don't think any of us should tell other people what is appropriate and what isn't for discussion. The list is unmoderated and should remain that way, IMO, unless there's personal abuse involved, in which case the abuser should be warned and then, if they don't smarten up, kicked off. We live in troubled times, and some people feel the need to discuss this stuff, but I'm hoping some of the more lengthy discussions will die a natural death, as they often do (in this case, it may be an expected death after a lengthy illness, followed by a period of relief - I think you get my point.) ===== Catherine Toronto ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
