Hello Friends,

I am grateful to see the semblance of civility championed by Jim 
Byrne. However, I am also swearing off -- not at -- OT posts of any 
kind. And to be too much of a stickler, this Civil Discourse post 
which encourages moderation is strictly an OT. I just watched 
somebody jump in less than 90 minutes later with a one-line "oh yeah? 
Says you!" -- and that's just the kind of stuff I'm trying to filter 
without using the delete key.

I had something to say about this hijack of the 3000-L's purpose up 
on the 3000 NewsWire blog yesterday. If you're interested, go read it.

<http://3000newswire.blogs.com/3000_newswire/2008/11/ot-outta-there.html>

Perhaps it will make a difference, perhaps not. Yes, we can hope.

Best wishes for 3000-related discourse here, in a time when your 
community needs to share instead of shear,
-- 

Ron Seybold, Editor In Chief
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