Three things come to mind here:

"Can't we just all get along?"

Chaos is good, so long as it is not too civilized.

Why's this punk kid telling us how to fight?

Karl Wolz

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanman <mckayaa@OIT.EDU>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Friday, April 09, 1999 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: R-134A retrofit (JC WHIPME content)

>As long as we keep this thread on the humorous side of things I don't mind,
>but I would hate to see this turn into another gun debate that we just
>recently saw this last week.  Personally, I know how to use the delete
>button, but for those that haven't learned that function yet, and those
>people get pissed off, and leave this list, depriving us all from what they
>may have to give to this list.  One more thing, it hurts me (I hope I'm not
>the only one) when Coyote has to threaten to make heads roll when we act
>like we are a bunch of 6th graders.  One  thing that I was taught by my dad
>when I was on the bottom of the pecking order in elementary and middle
>school (less than 5 years ago, I remember it very well) that may help this
>list some: if somebody says something, or does something that you dont
like,
>and a fight may result, just remember who it is coming from, and laugh it
>off, as it will do less harm to the whole community than fighting it out.
>Something this simple is not worth breaking up this COMMUNITY over, if it
>comes down to that.  As for vanagon content, I think that addressing the
>well being of this list is more than enough to fulfill the content
>requirement.
>
>Just a few thoughts from an 18 year old college student....
>
>-Aaron McKay
>'85 Vanagon GL
>
>P.S.  Debate is good, as it is civilized and organized, fighting is not as
>it is chaotic and accomplishes nothing
>
>-Aaron McKay
>