Date:         Sun, 3 Jun 2001 06:59:15 -0400
Reply-To:     Stephen Steele <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stephen Steele <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET>
Subject:      Re: war of words
Comments: To: Leon Korkin <korkwood@surfree.com>
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Leon wrote:
> avoid "name calling". Reasonable criticism only helps. Again, we all have the
> right to express ourselves after all we live in USA...Do we?

Thank you very much, Leon. While the Vanagon has brought us together we do
tend to splinter off fairly quickly... Westy, Adventurer, aircooled, water
boxer, Half/Full Lilly, BostonBobbed, Subaroo, TIIco...ad infintum.
We all have our individual preferences and  experiences.  It helps the
community to hear about them.  But I do tire of the ranting and one
sidedness as expressed by some of our Listees.
Name calling is very similar to profanity. It expresses more about the
speaker than the target.
Secondly, this list is wonderful  and one of the great things about it is
the diversity in it; Including those who post from other than the USA. So
no, we don't all live in the USA...but we all should respect and practice
the universal right to free expression of speech, following the guidelines
of the List... profanity and libel are not accepted.
Just my two cents worth.
--
Stephen
Chillicothe OH