My friends - The tenured subscribers to this List probably groan each time they see the Subject line with the word "Administratavia"(really, a pseudo-word, I think), because it usually means that an "incident" has occurred on the List. Such is the case on this occasion. Our tenured subscribers also may recall that I have posted a disclaimer occasionally on the List, stating that there is another individual with my same name who appears frequently on some other non-genealogical lists, and who has very strong views about the need for citizen militias and other beliefs, which he is entitled to have, but which do not represent my views, and the disclaimer was to insure that no one would think that he and I are one and the same. Tonight, a message was sent to the List, which fortunately bounced to me, due to an incorrect List address line, and it did not post to the List. The sender of this message, apparently laboring under the belief that I and the other fellow with the same name are one and the same, wrote what I can easily term a "blistering" narrative about what the sender thought was my involvement in some of the activities in which my namesake apparently participates. Aside from the fact that this message was not only entirely off-topic, inaccurate and false, it also constituted a "flame", which violates one of our basic guidelines for this List. I have a "short fuse" for flaming, and those who engage in it will be dealt with swiftly, and will be removed, in most cases, from our subscribership and not allowed to return. In this case, due to what I believe was a sincere apology for the error and the action, (after I explained that this individual was addressing the wrong party)I have "suspended" the subscriber in question for a period of 60 days, after which I will look at this again, and will consider whether to reinstate the individual as a subscriber. I regret having to report this incident to you, but, from time to time, these things happen, and, when serious enough, I will report the situation, in general terms, to the List, hopefully to prevent a similar occurrence at some future time. Now, let's get back to rooting...... -B ============================================================ ==========