Date:         Wed, 29 May 2002 18:39:12 EDT
Reply-To:     Trvlr2001@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Carpenter <Trvlr2001@AOL.COM>
Subject:      That's enough of this brand of silliness.
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Fellow German Auto Enthusiast,
“The writing is on the wall…”
This list server is infected, but not with a
biological or digital parasite, but with a
self-induced social decay.  I can only assume the most
important, potential implications of this ailment have
somehow been overlooked whereas it continues unabated.
The recent frequency of these disagreeable threads is
alarming to say the least.  They are symptoms which,
left unattended, threaten to send this list into a
premature extinction.  However, the treatment is quite
simple…an implementation of the simple virtues of
self-restraint.  I find it hard to believe that any
subject pertaining to Vanagons could possibly induce
the primal “evolutionary leftover” emotions necessary
for verbal combat.  So, again I urge restraint.
I address this situation not because I am in any way
superior in wisdom or experience than any other list
member.  On the contrary, I am your average, everyday
fool…blundering along at 100 km/h with my eyes shut in
the social wave that is our modern society.  My
reasons are far less complex, I need this list and
enjoy the camaraderie.  I am quickly approaching the
final stage of my Vanagon refit, the dreaded power
plant.  Yes, my mechanical skills with internal
combustion are better than average, but my prowess
with the air-cooled variety is, shall we say, “feeble”
to be kind.

So in closing I plead again for restraint.  Consider
this if nothing else.  Imagine the immense presence
and power of a simple star, now place our planet along
with its fortuitous life beside it.  If that fails to
belittle anything and everything humankind in general
bickers about, I suggest a review of the previously
mentioned existential picture.
Apologies for the length.
John T.
What?  ;)