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Date:   Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:22:31 -0700
Reply-To:   Joel VanderKwaak <joelvanderkwaak@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:   Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:   Joel VanderKwaak <joelvanderkwaak@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:   Re: Westfalia Pop-Top Screws - Call It a Sclew
In-Reply-To:   <AE614245-1406-11D9-9903-000A95E2FF7A@idzyn.com>
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Jerry ;)

On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 20:04:51 -0400, William Alexander <william@idzyn.com> wrote: > I agree - it's too off topic. I do believe this is the most important > election of my lifetime - and have a very strong opinion about it's > outcome, but I believe many of us own Vanagon's so we can escape from > the world that these politicians create. Lets not let that world invade > our digital escape as well. I mean - if people want to argue on a > friday - lets argue about whether Trey or Jerry would win in the > groove-debate... > > > > > On Oct 1, 2004, at 4:32 PM, Mark Edwards wrote: > > >> oK, > >> HOw about we limit this to one week. I'm voting for Kerry because > >> of > >> what has happened to the logging in upper part of PA..... > > > > I would vote that we ban such topics completely, just like we did with > > guns. There is no way to reign it in, no way it would ever not spill > > over > > into a second, third, and more days. In fact, I would rather see > > firearms > > talk going around, rather than having to put up with everyone's rant > > about > > who hates who more, and who they think will be honest and can "fix > > America" in four years all by themself. Its a stupid topic, its > > inflammatory, and I can only speak for myself, but I don't appreciate > > having put forth so much effort in NOT responding and stating my own > > views, which would avail all of us absolutely nothing. > > > > Some of us are like alchoholics on subjects like this, and its not > > easy to > > stay 'sober' when someone pours a drink all over us. :-) > > > > It especially irritates me because just as in the NFL and the NBA, the > > instigator is hardly ever called for a penalty or a foul, its the > > person > > who "fights back" that gets the brunt of the grief from everyone else > > here > > if one chooses to express an opposing POV. > > > > I don't think it has any place in a forum such as this, and it ought > > not > > be tolerated. As much as I don't like to burden others, this is > > exactly > > what a moderator or list owner is for, so either Jim, or whomever he > > designates in his absence, has to speak up, or it will become open > > season. > > Surely the next month is not going to trigger a lot of emotions and > > attitudes. There are plenty of lists and groups where one can go to > > scream > > day and night along with others who seem to have the time to do so. > > > > Can we really afford to have our archives filled with rhetoric, > > flames, OT > > opinions, and the drivel that always results from someone dropping the > > political bomb on us? > > > > I won't expand on who I will vote for and why, but I can say that I > > would > > vote to put politics off the Vanagon list. > > > > Mark. > > > > One of the many "dumb-ass consumers" > > >


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