Greetings fellow and filly Silver Listers, I want to respond to a few recent comments and issues about list operations with a little education and explanation.
First of all, I'd like to remind everyone that at the end of this and *every* message from the list is a footer that looks like this: ***** The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> ***** I want to bring this to your notice to remind you that: -- I'm here if you need me... -- There's a web page for the list... -- The archives at e-scribe exist. -- All of this is available in every message! Please visit the Silver List web site and review the mission statement, list rules and etiquette for both the Silver List and the Silver Off Topic List if you haven't done so lately. Please read and appreciate the following, from our Mission Statement: ** We are here to welcome both newcomers and experienced users who want to learn about Colloidal Silver. We will share the most fair, unbiased, and good quality information we can, freely, without regard to ego or self interest. ** We will support and encourage each other, share the results of our experience, experiments, studies, and inspirations with CS, and act to maintain a welcoming and friendly atmosphere that nurtures a sense of community. ** We will identify and counter the hype, myths and propaganda that surround the subject of Colloidal Silver. ** We will study the art and science of Colloidal Silver production, testing, and use, so newcomers and experienced members alike will have the widest possible range of choices with reasonable certainty of success and minimum cost. Whether the list community upholds these values or not depends on the bahavior of each of you. Whether there *IS* a "community" or only a collection of competing individuals depends upon you as well. There are some here who could care less about the "touchy-feely crap" of grandbabies and friendly chit-chat. Sometimes they will even complain about it if it gets to be too much. However, that is the stuff of which "a welcoming and friendly atmosphere" is formed. Others of you, like Marsha, take umbrage at the endless technical nattering, a lot of which is over people's heads and akin to straining at gnats sometimes. Yet, as with the ongoing debate about current density, this is how we figure out new stuff that eventually makes things easier and more effective for everyone. We need to remember and remind each other that: ** Simple systems work well -- refinements can come later. ** Technical discussions can be safely ignored by non-techies. ** You'll get from the list what you ask for and contribute yourself. It is a wonder that the Silver List works as well as it does. We do not have the advantage of being like-minded people. No, we have as diverse a selection belief systems and attitudes as any you can find. This is why prohibiting the subjects of religion and politics is a no-brainer. I cracked the whip recently when Becky and Ole Bob began a commentary on the interpretation of the book of Revelations. It's not because I don't respect their views or have no interest in the subject, but simply because long experience shows that in about two or three more posts the topic would have *exploded* into a loud and voluminous doctrinal argument studded by complaints about the Off Topic thread. No fault of theirs, just a fact of human nature. That is why I set up the Silver Off Topic list. It's a place where we can more or less safely take on these kinds of topics. The major requirement is that you don't expect to win any converts, but accept the chance to clearly state your position and explore that of others. The Off Topic List is three clicks away: Click on the Silver List web site link in the footer: http://silverlist.org Click on the Off Topic List link in the nav bar on the left... Click on the Archives link to read what's going on... ... or the To Post link if you want to contribute. I hope these remarks will remind everyone what we're here for. The one thing we *do* share is an interest in good health and the utility of Silver preparations and other "alternatives" in attaining it. That will, I hope keep us all sharing the best information we have "without regard to ego or self interest." It's the right thing to do. Be well, Mike Devour silver-list owner [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ]
