I have met people who I consider (they might have a different opinion!) friends for life.
I have travelled to Victoria, Vancouver, London, New Orleans, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles (and more, and more...) and had excellent friends to hang out with. They have stayed at my house. I've stayed at theirs. We've shared dinners, wine, hugs, music, stories.
These are people I love.
There are people on the list who I look forward to meeting, when our travels bring us together, because I KNOW that we are kindred spirits.
WHAT I DON'T LOVE ABOUT THIS LIST
I hate to see my friends arguing with each other. I don't mean that we can't disagree. I'm sorry to flog a dead horse here, but I've said, all along (and learned it from experience on this list) that as soon as you start discussing religion, sexuality and politics, someone is going to get hurt. And I hate to see my friends hurt.
It bugs the heck out of me when I look at a digest table of contents and see that 90% of the posts are from two or three people.
I'm really tired of having calls for moderation condemned as attempted censorship.
I'm appalled that some listers post deliberately provocative statements to trigger arguments.
I am saddened when listers don't have the sensitivity to take an argument between two people off list.
That'll do for now.... -- ######################################################## Steve Dulson Costa Mesa CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Tinker's Own" http://www.tinkersown.com "The Living Tradition Concert Series" http://www.thelivingtradition.org/
