Rather than go into the emotions and the knee jerk reactions to the "WHy"
thread, I would like to point out something to you folks whom I consider
friends and fellow VW enthusiasts.

Always allowing for the fact that this is a Vangon list, please take a
moment and look back on this mornings goings on about, shhhhh, (whisper)
guns.

One fellow asked a question of a questionable content, six people actually
answered the question in short order, and then dozens upon dozens of others
started screaming and yelling about "no guns!" "No off topic" "Vanagon only"

If you step back and look at it rationally, who used the most bandwidth, who
spent the most time ranting and raving?? Who filled the list with the most
trash? Was it the questioner and the half dozen who simply answered the
question, or was it the people who reacted politically to a fairly benign
question?

When a fellow asks about chaning the tranny fluid in a van, if someone
replies with a method we don't approve of, do we all fly off the handle and
chastise the questioner, and send personal attacks to the answering parties
mail box??

Don't worry, I won't hang around and say the 'g' word anymore, but it might
be time to step back and take a look at ourselves and see if we can figure
out why  something as simplistic as a...., well, I can't say it here, causes
such venimous reactions from others.

This is a human issue, and we are all humans, and we can't progress and
become better citizens of the world if all some folks want to do is choose
what they don't like, declare it off limits, and then attack anyone who
speaks differently.

I do not apologize for answering what was a simple question, I do regret the
reactions I had.

Before waxing philosophical, I am going home to pack my Vanagon for a
weekend camping trip. Yes, I am taking one of those things with me :-)

Thanks for listening.

Best Regards from Utah,

John