I could not agree more. The administration goes out of their way to be fair and understanding. When people agree to a set of rules & then continually break these same rules, the list becomes something very different. Also - I have NEVER seen the administration stop a discussion about health matters. Sandy At 09:46 PM 12/29/2004 -0800, you wrote: >It seems that Margy made an honest inquiry asking if we wanted a change to let >the Admn. know. I don't think the Admn. has ever put the "kibosh" on any >discussion that stayed reasonable and civil and did not become a small >'war' or >an open 'commercial'. The only time the Admn. steps in is when the List >NEEDS IT with snide and rude comments and out of control heated remarks. >They have never stopped a discussion about German dogs as long as it remained >a reasonable discussion. It has NEVER REMAINED REASONABLE!!! It does not >seem to work when we are told our Breed is going to pot if we don't use German >dogs to improve. Most of us are capable of making that decision when the >right >time and the right dog comes along. >Most of us are more than willing to discuss ANY GSD and it's qualities >good & bad. >If there are problems on the List it is our own fault.....< gasp >....NOT >the Admn. >and not the rules......the problems are ourselves. > >Carolyn marhaven@xxxxxxx >www.marhaven.com Sandra Kozub KcK Kennels http://iweb.tntech.edu/rkozub/kennel.htm ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2004. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================