>But as I grow older, I covet all of our freedoms more and more, and do not
>accept this attempt at censorship.
this, kind of reaction, to me, is absurd. someone voicing their concern (and bafflement) over a lot of list traffic seeming to be off-topic does not a censor make.
ive been subscribed, on and off, to probably 50+ mailing lists in the space of my 15 years on the net, and rarely have i seen one as unique as this one in its simultaneous lack of and very specifc focus. itll get overrun with minutiae concerning masis (for example...) one week, and then the next week, its nothing but nonsense (and i say that with love) about twizzlers.
if youre used to a standard, very structured "on-topic" list (which many lists that receive this kind of traffic are, by neccessity - as it is, i give this list a whole separate mailbox, cause it about doubles the amount of email i get daily, not counting spam) - the cr list may come as a surprise.
unfortunately, though, weve not been entirely welcoming to arnold - even if he did enter in on the wrong foot in some ways (though i dont think anything he posted originally was worthy of some of the vitriol and hes received in return) - and now it appears weve lost a member before they even got a chance to join in.
a pity, cause some discussion about 30s-40s era bikes wouldve been a nice addition to the standard fare. moot point now, i suppose, though.
-joel
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i know what innocence looks like - and it wasn't there,
after she got that bicycle...