Well said, Robert!

Joy (and Matilda)

:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
:::Of Robert Fisher
:::Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 5:22 PM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: OFF TOPIC! Re: XM and Sirius announce merger
:::
:::Speaking of the moderator, why don't you let him do his job? If he has a
:::problem with this thread he'll address it.
:::As was pointed out, many of us have these devices, many specifically for
:::our
:::vans and the outcome of this issue is a relevant concern. Futhermore, the
:::subject is well within topic both by rule and long-standing convention.
:::If you fancy yourself some kind of strict constuctionist perhaps you
:::should
:::start a 'tech only' vanagon group and moderate it the way you like. FYI,
:::it's been done a few times before and it hasn't worked- nobody went for
:::it.
:::The people on this list generally take the time to set it up on there end
:::in
:::the way that suits them- they establish filters, block the senders they
:::don't care for and use the 'delete' button. The fact that we rarely ever
:::get
:::these kinds of rants means that for the list population in general we
:::have
:::established a kind of equilibrium with which the majority can live and
:::which
:::they accept.
:::For example, in Outlook Express you can kill all messages in a thread, as
:::long as the subject line doesn't change, with two clicks. You have to
:::take
:::two minutes to set it up to do it. Then if you see a thread you don't
:::care
:::to follow you can ignore it and that's it. I'd bet other common email
:::progs
:::have comparable functions.
:::I suggest you take care of your issues on your end instead of telling the
:::almost one thousand of the rest of us how we should do it your way.
:::
:::Robert