Dear Gary,

It is ironic, that the person who has a lot to share re Colloidal 
Silver is the one that is the cause of much of the unnecessary put 
downs.   Scott Berner hides behind John 3:16 and yet his actions  
in treating others with different ideas are contrary to the Christian 
ethic.  I had already written privately to him about this, but he 
responds as if I am the one who doesn't understand and then proceeds 
to give me a lecture.  In other words, he cannot see his own 
self-righteousness.  By the way, I was a minister for many years, and 
his actions are anything but christlike.   I am not asking that he be 
removed from the list, but that he be asked to keep all his religious 
comments to the area below his name, or not to use them at all.  He 
should also be instructed to send negative personal responses in 
PRIVATE and not to the rest of the group.  If he will not 
tolerate any party line other than his own, then he should 
start his own E-mail list.

I personally thought it was a sad and stupid thing for Scott and some 
other ignorant members to run Tom Clayton M.D. off the list.   
This was rank immaturity.   Tom could have contributed much 
information, but the ignorance that was demonstrated on the list 
prevented him from doing that.

Daniel S.
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> Howdy folks,
> 
> I haven't been posting much here, and I have pretty much let this 
> list run its own course.  Every once in awhile I check in, and 
> find some bickering going on.  Debate on issues is alright but 
> when it gets personal no good comes of it.
> 
> Perhaps some weeding needs to be done.  For those of you on the 
> list for the purpose of discussing colloidal silver, if there is 
> a particular individual on the list that you would prefer not be 
> there, send an email directly to me with your thoughts.  If 
> several people agree that any one person is causing more than 
> their share of trouble, I will read their posts and consider 
> cutting them from the list.
> 
> In the meantime, for those who think email means they don't 
> have to behave themselves, and see it as a opportunity to 
> cut loose and denigrade others, I urge you to think otherwise.  
> The subject is served best by civil discourse, and I would 
> rather lose you than have the subject smeared with your lack 
> of civility.
> 
> Btw, an FYI that I just realized:  It is the listserve 
> software that is filling in "Unidentified Subject!" when 
> someone sends a message to the list without a subject filled 
> in.  I find that a bit irritating, but have no way to change it.  
> Previously I had thought it was some particular piece of email
> software out there, until it happened to me, but not with a 
> message to myself, only to a list run by *this software* on the 
> server (called "Smartlist", perhaps a misnomer it would sometimes seem).
> 
> Gary Hawkins
>