Hello Bill,

BG> if somebody doesn't want to read any of Rod's messages, they should
BG> use their (N)ext key, or their twit filter.

DM> I wonder if it is not so much that, but the sheer volume that has to
DM> be transported across country, and excessive requoting only clogs
DM> things up further.

BG> Does it matter?  If it wasn't Rod, it'd be somebody else.  
BG> Since when has the amount of mail one posts become subject to 
BG> scrutiny by anybody?  AFA excessive quoting is concerned, 
BG> there are plenty worse than Rod.

Yeah, on retrospect, it was a daft supposition.

BG> Well, it's only an educated guess, but judging by the 
BG> messages posted in Z3T regarding the non-topical nature of OS 
BG> debates, my money's on both Laurie Batt and Gabriel Lagos for 
BG> starters.  There were 3 others, but I've no idea who they 
BG> might be (nor do I really give a toss).

Could be a transparent smokescreen...:-)

BG> He acknowledged mine, and it seemed like a template reply, so 
BG> presumably everybody was receipted.  I found it rather 

I got some garbled message in the netmail, and it had the word 
TREV in it, so I assume he did sent me an acknowledgement.

BG> interesting that votes in the negative numbered 22, whilst 
BG> only 5 people specifically voted for a ban on Rod, especially 
BG> as most people tend not to cast a vote if it's only to retain 
BG> the status quo (the biggest problem with non-compulsory 
BG> voting IMO).

BG> Nice to see that sanity prevailed though.

Pity it hasn't on AV_Tech.... :-(

Dieter

... "You keep saying that, I don't think it means what you think it
means"  
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