Things that are funny can make you happy, but happiness is not funny....I believe truly funny people are perhaps less happy than everyone else for whatever reason....we have talked about List rule-breaking and folks getting tossed off the list....Frank Tate, and the Tank brothers among others...I feel sort of guilty because no one breaks the rule of off-topic posts more than I do...and although I have been warned at different times, by different administrators, I have never been banned, perhaps I should have...I think my role on this list is pretty clear and for the most part the Admin has allowed me the courtesy to stretch the rules.....I don't know the facts about the 3 folks removed this week, however I enjoy Gary S. and Patty very much, and for reasons that have nothing to do with dogs...as for Margery...her positions in the Club and on this list have come under attack......ask yourself what would you do if you were under attack and you believed it was an unjust attack...I know what I'd do!...as for folks quiting the list..well......the list will go on...as for folks quiting the GSDCA, and I have considered this myself....that's a far bigger problem...the list gets crazy around election time, perhaps it's too close to Halloween....I ran for the Board two years ago and I thought the list was bad then, but this year things really got crazy...before I finished my teaching credential and started this new career, my therapist told me that unless I got my "ego" under control I would face the same problems in teaching that I had as a parole officer...she was right............all this will pass...Ed Hill ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================