Dear Jane, It is very bad news to hear of such a degree of radioactive pollution levels as those from Los Alamos Laboratories. it would be interesting to try a radionic broadcast over long period of time based on a satellite photograph. There are several radionic rates to try. If you send a satellite photograph of the area I will set up the necessary protocols and then we shall see what happens. No guarantees but an interesting experiment.
As for the question of sending off subject posts to BDnow I think that when you try and set guidelines as to what can and cannot be discussed on the list you set yourself up for some very acrimonious discussion and censorship. If Biodynamics is what was taught by Rudolf Steiner in the Agriculture Course, it only stands to reason that you would not discuss the use of compost teas, or many other subjects, because that is not BD. If you look through the last 200 posts from BDnow you will find that there are probably only 7-8% of the posts refer to BD preps or their use. The rest refer to all manner of subjects. Personally I find that the beauty of the list is the diversity of subjects discussed and the depth of intellectual thought and energy that goes into most of the posts. If there is something that is not interesting to me it is deleted. Because I do not find something interesting does not mean that is reason to complain, and stop someone else from having the benefit of a post that may enlighten someone else. The list and it's effectiveness is in the sense of building community amongst the list members. If a few hundred members of the list cannot show tolerance to each other, and allow that the opinions of other members have merit, we may as well all go home to the weapons of mass distraction and forget about trying to make the world a better place. As adherents of the teachings of RS we owe the world more than to bicker amongst ourselves over what form of censorship should be applied, whether it is to Jane or anybody else. Have rules certainly, Allan's life would be hell if he did not have some rules to guide him by, but don't let the rules discriminate against anybody. Heaven knows, that Allan would be the last to want the right to censor any post as to whether it is likely to offend some people. Many times we are inept at trying to express what our aims and values are, this is where the ideas and words of someone else can help to develop concepts and ideas. Let us be tolerant to each other as we all try to develop this community which is BDnow. Go well, James Hedley
