At 04:56 PM 6/2/2010, Alistair Bell wrote...
>I find it curious that people get upset by the rules of this mailing
>list. The list was set up by an individual (Gerry S.) years ago, with
>rules, and has continued that way.

Rules, what rules? Please point to them.

There _is_ advice on etiquette, found at
http://gerry.vanagon.com/info/etiquette.html

Nothing there about acronyms which might, or might not, refer to words
which might, or might not, be considered to be
obscene/profane/vulgar/swearing/offensive. Not even anything about
non-Friday off-topic posts:

>The vanagon mailing list has been around for a while and its citizens
>are fairly net.savvy. Bear that in mind before you forward something
>from an archive. In particular, please avoid the following:
>
>Messages containing cookie recipes.
>
>Craig Shergold or any kid dying of cancer who wants to live forever in
>e-mail
>
>Forwarded messages with LOTS OF CAPITALS AND EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!!
>
>Any virus warning which says you can get a virus just by reading an
>e-mail message, especially if the virus-carrying message always has
>the same subject.
>
>Any virus warning already listed as a hoax at any of the following
>sites:
>
>     Symantec Anti-Virus Research Center
>     CIEC Internet Hoaxes
>     Computer Virus Myths
>
>The Internet AIDS Infection Experiment or any Internet Experiment
>
>Why Computers Are Like Men/Women
>
>Petitions
>
>Good-luck charms
>
>Any Chain Letter, especially if it's already listed at:
>
>     CIEC Internet Chain Letters
>
>
>Dire warnings or actions alerts like Save Sesame Street!, Kidney
>Thieves, Airport laptop thieves, 806 pager scams, FCC Internet Tax,
>Lexis-Nexis P-Trax database, rec.music.white-power, etc. Basically,
>anything telling the whole world to send e-mail somewhere or take some
>action, but doesn't tell you what day (and year) to stop. Stop
>forwarding hysteria!
>
>Content-free ping tests
>
>Messages with more forwards than actual text
>
>Posting private email to the whole list without permission
>
>A reply to a previous vanagon list posting, quoting all six hundred
>lines, when all you wanted to do was respond to the last three
>
>Please note that most if not all of these things are considered bad
>netiquette on the Internet, and that doing them risks drawing the ire
>and sarcasm of Coyote.