Glenn and Chuck after Mr. Dunlop:

> John Dunlop wrote (in reply to the tribute to our veterans):
>
> > Umm, there's a place for this stuff. In my personal opinion
> > this ain't it!
>
> ...... First of all, Tim did designate the message as "off topic".
> This list has a tradition of accepting off-topic ideas and
> messages. .......
>
> I personally feel that the world owes the veterans of this
> world a tremendous debt of gratitude ......
> ..... The number of years that we have left to honor living
> WW-I and WW-II veterans is fast diminishing.  I truly
> think that we should be reminded of this as we approach
> this historical day.

Hear, hear....

> Since this list allows off topic discussions like jokes, humor,
> political discussion, and mathematics, to name a few topics,
> I have no quarrel with a discussion of honoring America's
> veterans from any war.

Ditto....

Considering the fairly amazing extent, variety, and volume of
OT posts to 3000-L in the last few months, some of them on
controversial subjects, I find the fact that anyone would
complain about a post briefly acknowledging veterans as we
approach US Veteran's Day, when it was properly labeled
"OT:", as *itself* pretty amazing....

Ken "23+ year civil service employee of US Navy" Sletten