HOORAY for you, Mike. Thank you!!! Michael Bowers wrote: > Thank you, 99% of the subscribers, who've stayed out of this topic, at > least on the list. I'm not taking sides on this issue, except for the > inappropriateness of the forum. This list is about peppers. > > I feel like I should take a vote (no, I'm not, because this list isn't > a democracy) about list content. This list is and always has been about > peppers. Recipes, gardening, hot sauces, seeds, etc. See the list charter at > http://neptune.netimages.com/~chile/list.html . Sure, we can post about > anything that comes to mind, politics, current events, computer viruses, etc, > but there are other and better places to do so. I want an information exchange > about peppers, and that's why I started and continue to offer this list. > > There are apparently other lists that discuss peppers in terms of world peace, > tragedies, politics and computers; one was posted (and is run) by Rosemary. > Perhaps you can post these types of discussions there, or maybe that isn't to > the point of those lists either -- I don't know. > > > We have alot of wonderful people here that want to talk about > >gardening, share recipes, seeds, talk Chilepeppers and yes sometimes off > >topic posts...only because they want to share something.... but it's getting > >to the point where some are shying away from posting fearing they will have > >to hear from the "Backlash Bullies " > > From what I see, 98+% of this is due to people posting non-pepper > related material to the list. IF you like this kind of discussion, check out > many of the soc.culture.* lists; they are full of people calling each other > names. I've seen virtually no "flame wars" on pepper plant spacing, sauce > contents ("you're an idiot if you put xxx in your sauce"), etc. > > Also, just because you can, doesn't mean you shouldn't think first > about reposting something sent to you who asks that it be sent "to everyone you > know" or "everyone in your address book". After all, would you phone everyone > you knew or send a written (paper) letter to everyone in your address book just > because you got such a request? > > I will try to resume the Monthly Posting which answers some of the > more frequent questions: those about off topic posts, unsubscribing, and what > the list is about. Maybe a periodic reminder will help all of us remember why > we orginally subscribed. > > Thanks > > Mike > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Michael Bowers Internet: mkbowers@ucdavis.edu > University of California, Davis Owner: Chile-Heads mailing list > Chile Heads URL: http://neptune.netimages.com/~chile/