Hi, Have to agree with Linda's second point.  TJ usually does post to
the SO list, but even these are useless to me since I have a slow
connection an don't want to be bothered with politically motivated rants
or videos anyway.  If TJ had some good taglines like Chuck, now that
might be a different matter, but "God Guns and Gold ..." sucks big-time!

On Wed, 2008-09-24 at 06:57 -0700, Linda Ellis wrote:
> 
> Well, I was going to stay out of this and do what I've been doing to
> TJ's mail forever - deleting unread.  I have several objections to
> these posts.
>  
> FIRST, TJ is well aware that there is an off-topic list for topics
> unrelated to CS
>  
> SECOND, as usual, TJ simply posts a link with absolutely no commentary
> or original thought.  I long ago decided that I personally felt this
> was arrogant of him, to assume his judgment about the value of the
> linked material should be accepted unquestioningly, and others
> should therefore take the time to access the link before knowing if
> the subject is remotely interesting to them.  I may miss some stuff
> I'd like to know about, but if TJ can't take the time to write a few
> lines about what he found valuable in the linked material, I don't
> have the time to follow him around.  I'll just have to make do with my
> own research on subjects of interest.
>  
> THIRD, I, too, have been uncomfortable with other people's email
> addresses showing up in the address lines of his posts.  Is TJ
> likewise sending my email address out to people I don't know, and
> wouldn't want to have contact with?  Is this, perhaps, one of the
> reasons I've been seeing more and more spam?
>  
> To be honest, I've been thinking lately about removing myself from the
> off-topic list, anyway.  It seems it has turned into nothing more than
> a constant barrage of people (particularly TJ) posting links, without
> any substantive interchange between list members on the topics
> raised.  I much preferred earlier discussions about corporate welfare,
> reforming the social security system, global warming, etc., when
> people actually posted their own original thinking, or at least made
> the effort to explain why linked material might be interesting in view
> of the topic at hand.  
>  
> This topic coming up here prompts me to consider other possible groups
> where the discussion is more stimulating and interactive, though I
> would dearly miss Ode Coyote, Mike, and a few others....
>  
> Linda 
> The Truly Educated Never Graduate
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Wayne Fugitt <cwf...@fugitt.com>
> To: silver-list@eskimo.com
> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 8:37:32 AM
> Subject: Re: more unwelcome email: RE: CS>Another 9/11?
> 
> Morning Bob,
> 
> >> At 08:14 AM 9/24/2008, you wrote:
> 
>   You are worrying too much.
> 
>   There are many, many ways to handle that.  Do I have to tell you?
> 
>   And........  Your bogus messages are more offensive than his.
> 
>   You are wasting more bandwidth.
> 
>   Maybe he did not do it, maybe I did.
> 
>   Any half smart person can do such things.
> 
>   Once me and another guy, hijacked the List owners information,
>   and sent messages to the list, which appeared to come from the list
> owner.
> 
>   Now, .... what else do you want to know.
> 
>   "Don't Tread on me" !
> 
>   Wayne
> 
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