List Cleansing

Michael J. Coslo (mjc5@psu.edu)
Tue, 12 May 1998 16:01:29 -0500

Peter Marshall wrote in part:

>Most of us will be aware of the time lags involved in lists such as these.
>Perhaps it is also ridiculous to expect that such a controversial decision
>will just disappear instantly without further discussion.

Indeed! I am dismayed that it has come to this. I come out of lurk
mode just long enough to say that if the crimes "inflicted" upon this group
by the man are so horrible as to be a just cause for his removal, then we
are frail indeed.

>Peter Charles Fredrick <pete@fotem.demon.co.uk> (another fine UK
>print-maker now back on the list following an absence after he offended
>similarly) makes a nice looking printing frame, which works by pumping in
>air rather than vacuum.

Do I see a pattern here? In my years as a reader of this group, I
have noticed an interesting social dynamic. I wonder who is next?

This is all quite sad.

- Mike -