I just deleted the last several days of messages after glancing at a few. This is not to say that politics and opinions shouldn't be shared among us. Arto and I have been in an off list conversation in which we disagree, but respect each other's opinions. Once the "non lute" topic has been opened it should be then closed by responding directly to the sender. That way a dialogue can be started, but not a diatribe.
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