Hello again, everyone. It's time to do some housekeeping this morning.
First, let me thank all of you that communicated with me privately for the heads-up that things were still deteriorating. As busy as I am right now, I'm barely reading the list once a day and am often behind. When I caught up yesterday morning things were fine. <sigh> Second, let me remind you that I only moderate the list after the fact. *YOU* must be responsible in deciding the quality of content and discussion here. The day before yesterday I asked for several discussions to be ended. It's normal for a few more posts to come through from people who haven't caught up enough to read my [List Owner] posts, but it's all too tempting to post just a couple more comments... Don't do it!!! Third, I've asked you all to consciously shorten the duration of your Off Topic ramblings. Just decide not to reply the next time... Just so you know the effects of your behavior on your fellow list members, here are some of the comments I just received, edited slightly for anonymity and format: >>>>> Hi Mike, I got something like 45 messages on this list today. One or two were about cs/eis. I have learned a lot on this list and am grateful to you for making this available to me but I cannot handle this volume. I am on a few other lists too and am getting swamped with e-mail. I consider the messages from this list that are off topic to be similar to spam. Dog obedience and whether or not animals can feel pain that goes on for days? I really don't need this or have time for it. Hi Mike, The wheel is squeaking again! They will NOT stop -- and on the silverlist too -- and people are getting upset. Forgive me for complaining so much lately, but REALLY!!! there is not anything remotely connected with the 'suffering' of animals and CS!!! Or vegetarians versus vegans or omnivores! Its getting unpleasant out there. Hi Mike, I really do hate to complain but Wayne's posts about beating animals and children are seriously upsetting several people. I'm one of them. I know you want this taken off list so I haven't replied to him but I find his views personaly upsetting and, much as I'm so grateful to this list for what it's taught me, I'm beginning to dread opening mail on it because I really don't need this upset at the start of every day. >>>>> "Animal rights" and related topics are easily as sensitive as religion and politics. At least once in the past I have been forced to exile a person who could *NOT* grasp that, however IMPORTANT the subject was to them, it was not appropriate for them to raise the issue all the time. We are not going to sort out everyone's disagreements over philosophy, methods and definitions. All the while this is going on, Lisa's being tentative about a legitimate health question re: carpal tunnel, which is completely appropriate provided the discussion is handled briefly so as to survey the topic and give her other resources to investigate! Remember, folks, though I exercise the power rarely, NOBODY is so valuable to the group that they are immune from removal or other discipline for repeated abuse. I should not have to remind anyone a third time on these topics. Thank you for your patience, everyone. Be well, Mike Devour silver-list owner [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
