Fine, I stand corrected.  However, please note that I DID send this reply to you off list, and
you chose to imediately reply on the list to my private email.  Obviously you want to get
something going on the list or you wouldn't have posted my private reply back on the public
list.

Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Open Wheel Racing" <openwhel@BELLSOUTH.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: list war

>
> Hi Bill,
>
>     I think you misunderstand, I ask that any "Personal" ancestral, knocks,
> flames, snide remarks or what have you, be "OFF LIST"!
>     Of course any comments, observations, suggestions, questions, or any
> other discussion germane to our topic are welcomed in our open forum. This
> is exactly what I was trying to achieve, on list discussion. Flames directed
> toward me personally, off list!
>     You be the judge, the votes are coming in!
>     What did the man say, "its a shame all we have to communicate with is
> the spoken word". He surely wasn't on line. Sometimes we read, but don't
> hear. The written word just doesn't carry the feeling, so it hard to
> comprehend all the little nuances that make our English langrage work.
>     What I said was, and I quote: "Please don't start a war and waste a lot
> of bandwidth with snide  remarks. If you have an observation or a comment
> about my ancestry, please
> do so at openwhel@bellsouth.net . All E-mails will be answered promptly, off
> list. :-)"
>
> Howard
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill N" <freeholder@starband.net>
> To: "Open Wheel Racing" <openwhel@BELLSOUTH.NET>
> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 11:43 AM
> Subject: Re: list war
>
>
> > I cannot believe you actually thought you could post something like this
> without people
> > responding.  Since your statement was made on the list, naturally there
> will be rosponses on
> > the list.  You can't just post something publically and then try to deny
> others the right to
> > reply publically.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> >
>
>