Ahmen! Preach it BRO!!!

-----Original Message-----
From: Bulley-Hewlett & Associates <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM <vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Monday, October 26, 1998 5:41 PM
Subject: Strong Dissent to the scarlet letter, was: Plea for reducing the
number of non-Vanagon content notes

>I came to this list in the pursuit of knowledge about VW Vanagons. And
>that, I have received.
>
>The people of this list, and the information they provided through this
>forum greatly influenced our buying decision, and the subsequent
>maintenance of our van. This list has served to prevent many maladies that
>could have been my misfortune had I not discovered some tidbit of torque,
>or injection of information here. Thank you, if I haven't said so before.
>
>Beyond the nuts and bolts of VW repair, though, there lies an unspoken and
>mysterious fraternity that bonds VW owners. Ford doesn't have it. Honda
>dreams of it. Toyota; get real.
>
>By reading the earlier "Demographic" posts and recent "Location" posts you
>come to discover WHO is the list: The Brit who writes about Pooh. Bill and
>Sara who live in Arizona, the young daring four-wheelers in their Syncros,
>the vendors, the Aussies, Norwegians, and our beloved, sniveling lurkers.
>Their spirit, their thoughts, and their "off topic" opinions and
>personalities are a part of my being a VW owner. I want to hear that
>murmur. I want to taste that spice. As busy as I am, I want that
>experience. This list is an experience of human interaction, with people
>sharing a commonality, not a simply a technical Q & A.
>
>I want to hear from people who are daring enough to "draft" their vans
>behind big trucks. I want to hear about reasons why one should or should
>not burn plastic in a campfire. I want to hear this blabber without the
>writer having to cringe with the thought that his or her post is "off
>topic", branding it as something less than interesting. This is a free
>country. You are equipped with a DELETE button.
>
>If you really came here only for technical advice in its purest form,
>Bently, Haynes and a few others make fantastic manuals, with pictures. Use
>those. There are no old war stories, suggestion on what to cook in your
>Westy; no spice, no murmur, no fragrance.
>
>Tell me a story. Tell me why you named your van. Tell me about your first
>VW...without having to judge your writing as "correct" or "incorrect".
>
>G. Matthew Bulley
>Principal
>Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
>Communications for Organizational Development
>www.bulley-hewlett.com
>(888) 468-4880 toll free