Saturday, October 15, 2005, 1:05:03 AM, Robert Paul wrote: RP> There are a number of people on lit-ideas who rarely post, and a number RP> whose posts are sometimes simply references to information on the Web, RP> or articles cut and pasted from various sources. I'm one of the latter; RP> so is Eric; so is Judy. But none of us simply dumps stuff on the list RP> and walks away. Yes. RP> Sometimes MA's posts are from sources one should pay attention to; RP> mostly they're from sources that to call them sources is a considerable RP> stretch. Including one really rather old one. (I haven't paid much attention to his posts, there may have been others.) RP> Ideally, the purpose of the list is to discuss things. This MA has never RP> done. Yes. RP> PS says that we should point out where the things he posts are RP> mistaken or questionable. At first I did that. It was like talking back RP> to a billboard. I've replied to people's replies to Camp... he says nothing. RP> Andreas has been a tremendously non-judgemental list owner. He's been RP> tolerant as all get out. Had MA behaved on Phil Lit as he does here, RP> he'd have lasted about 24 hours. Certainly a listowner would have intervened earlier. (But I would be unhappy about Andreas' action had he not written to Camp about his posts.) -- mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html