In a message dated 3/23/01 9:28:39 AM EST, [email protected] writes: << Subj: Re: CS>More list owner comments, PLEASE READ! Date: 3/23/01 9:28:39 AM EST From: [email protected] (Ivan Anderson) Reply-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] I think the tech stuff is at about the same level as it has been for some months, it is just not as diluted as before. These discussions do get pretty robust at times and need a decorum check, but it is amazing how this makes one redouble one's efforts in research and so on...as long as one can admit to being mistaken, or at least to not being as sure of one's ground... I have found by experience that to speak in absolutes makes that bitter pill very large and the throat very dry, when one eventually has to swallow it. I have been ignoring Marsha's goading of the techies, but most certainly do appreciate her constant newby help, (if only she would use two batteries instead of three). Mike, perhaps you should amend the introduction message to new members, inviting them to just ignore the technical discussions, and not to be intimidated by them, and to reassure them that we all welcome their questions no matter how basic. Thanks for your continuing efforts, and best of luck balancing on that fence. Ivan. >>
Ivan: I would like to expand on Ivan's comments. More often than not, it has been the technically oriented people who have taken the newbies by the hand and answered their questions despite the fact that such answers could be found easily in the archives. In addition, some of us have gone the extra mile to use the experience of lurkers as well as active participants by soliciting their comments. I, myself, have spent quite a few hours putting together, what I believe to be, the first List survey which should be quite helpful to newbies and experienced CS users alike. However, I have to tell you that it gets my dander up when ANYBODY attempts to limit the CS dialog on this list which has been so successful in spreading the CS (scientific and anecdotal) word. Let's work together to keep it that way by maintaining the highest level of tolerance for each others opinions. Roger -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
