At 09:40 AM 24/01/99 -0500, joe dees wrote:
>Unleesh never did email me to comtinue our discussion in private - why
should (s)he? No evangelization potential there. In his/her world,
unrepentant omnivores would be incarcerated for Murdering And Consuming
Another Sentient Being, and warehoused in veggie gulags, where they would
be periodically tied down and funnel-fed beans and rice, most likely to
bland pumped-in muzak like John Tesh or Yanni. Luckily for us, no matter
how much Unleesh may wannabee the Commissar of the Human Diet, (s)he never
will be.
Dear Joe:
These kinds of posts may serve some private psychological or emotional need
of yours, but they are threatening the viability of this list. The above
quote is a perfect example of your rhetorical gift sadly misused --
wouldn't some satiracal writing satisfy this need of yours?
Stephanie, I think the time has come to request a two post per day limit,
with repreated violators being removed from the list. Flame wars such as
this one would then be stopped in their tracks.
Jane, I appreciate your efforts to initiate a different conversation and I
will try to support that. However, if this "debate" between Joe and
(un)leash begins to resemble the earlier incident with Angela, I too will
regretfully unsubscribe.
The problems we face are simply too large and too urgent to waste with this
kind of empty argument.
with regret
maureen
