Hello everyone. :-) Have we calmed down now? :-) When I came home for lunch this afternoon, I could see there was a problem that needed handling. I handled it. I posted an Administrative message telling you that I handled it. That should of been it. There should not have been any further interruption of the scope and purpose of our list. But when I returned home after work I noted that some of you were still trying to rehash the problem. You were not helping matters at all. In your Welcome letter it states: "I ask that you pay attention to any administration posts or announcements I may make from time to time. These will nearly always have the preface "Administrative:" in the Subject line of the post." I see some of you just were not paying attention. Hmmm??? The decision of what constitutes appropriate or inappropriate questions and answers lies solely with me. I will gladly take under advisement any member's views, but that must always be made in private to me. The decision of disciplinary measures taken against a member of our list lies solely with me. In this manner, I very seldom would even want your advice with exception only to my closest friends and associates on this list. They know who they are. In deciding the appropriateness of a question, I not only look at the question itself, but I try to perceive how our answers would be presented to our list. One could argue that all questions by themselves are innocent. It is just the answers that get us into trouble. :-) In regard to the question on Onanism, even though the term has Biblical origins, I felt like we could not provide an answer to the question without treading into territories that might make a parent on this list uncomfortable with their children reading our answers or visiting some of the sites that we might reference. In regard to the question on Gay studies, I had no doubt in my mind that we all could provide answers to the question that should not cause any undue stress in families that might be participating in our list. All members of our list should be aware that it is not appropriate to curse or call other members bad names or direct invectives to them in any manner. This violates any standard of Internet or mailing list etiquette. We cannot help each other if we are calling members by ugly names or attacking a member's beliefs or ideals. It is not appropriate to call for a member's removal onlist. If you have such an opinion, it should be made to me offlist, but as I noted above, unless you are one of a small handful of confidants I have on this list, that type of request would not be welcomed by me. Thank you and let's get back to the business of seeking and finding, everyone. :-) Alan S. Harrell Owner/Administrator SeeknFind [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ http://seeknfind.ashlists.org/ ------------------------------
