Bud: Let me try to explain a few things regarding the policies you have been discussing with Neil. Specifically, I'm addressing your concerns about trimming quotes and the extra effort with mails. One of the reasons I created this group was to do something different from what Analytic was doing. It wasn't that I thought Analytic was doing something wrong, per se -- as if it should change -- it was that the marketplace had other needs to serve. Diversity is always best. Here, what we want are a little more effort put into composition. Indeed, it does take longer to remove and trim quotes (and restate the thesis or what not). But in the end, it gets us farther away from a telephone-conversation and more toward something that a person might want to read on the message board. Messages are better if they require a little effort anyway. So, if you are inclined to continue posting, do a favor and keep discussing substantive matters in the format that the group was created for. (P.S. -- what was all that talk of spam? There is no spam on the list.) Yours appreciative, Dr. Sean Wilson, Esq. Assistant Professor Wright State University Personal Website: http://seanwilson.org SSRN papers: http://ssrn.com/author=596860 Discussion Group: http://seanwilson.org/wittgenstein.discussion.html ========================================= Need Something? Check here: http://ludwig.squarespace.com/wittrslinks/