This is *the last posting* I am going to make on this topic. This piece of e-mail is a perfect example of illogical reasoning. Delete the welcome message, which includes the rules. Spam the list, and flame the listowner. Makes a lot of sense to me, and I am getting very aggravated by people who are so willing to break the rules. But I'm going to start deleting now! E-n-o-u-g-h is e-n-o-u-g-h!!! Casey Joe Somhorst wrote: > > PRES LOIS M FRIEDMAN wrote: > > > > I think that you are a DRILL SGT. Does the name SGT go to your head? > > I belong to many, many lists > > in hope of finding family or people that knew about my family. If I > > want RULES I would read ROBERT, > > not this list. You are obnoxious and controlling. All the lists I > > belong to are user friendly not > > moderator ruling. What are all these rules for? We are here for > > genealogy not for your big mouth. > > Can't you be friendly and helpful instead of pompous? If your cr_p > > continues I will sign off. > > > > Doesn't it bother you that so many people are unhappy with your > > domination of this list? Well, it should > > > > I stand with those that are unhappy with you and your rules. > > 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 > > Sgt. George, please forgive me for this post. But it needs saying. > > To those special people for whom rules never seem to apply: Please enjoy > yourself as you drive your car on the opposite side of the road. And, > though everyone else stops for the RED traffic light, you may, please, > feel free to be the exception and consider the light change from GREEN > to RED to mean GO! > > Rules are established to allow the most people to receive the most > advantage from a common resource. In this case it's not only the > inapplicable information and wasted bandwidth on the internet that is > undesireable, but there is a major storage problem, too. Every message, > no matter how pertinent or useless is stored in archives for ALL to > research later. This storage costs money to maintain and/or to edit for > content. If the information is not of value to the list the storage > space and time to search the old messages is wasted. So, the result is > that you consume resources (the time of others) with your egocentric > selfishness that could be MUCH MORE effectively used by those who are > truly interested in genelogical research-YOURS included. > > This is only my 3rd posting to this list since I joined months ago, and > even though my own research has not made much headway here, I still > enjoy the questions and comments relating to the list's common purpose. > Those of you who complain about having to follow rules would probably > feel free to gallop your horse through my vegetable garden, too. Well, > perhaps, I might feel just as free to fire a shotgun at you as you do > so. If it is so difficult for you to have consideration for the needs > and courtesies of others please feel free to drop off the list and > permit those who care to get on with their own work. You should be > ashamed of yourselves for such juvenile behavior. > > Again, my appologies to the list and list owner. > > No response is needed or desired. > > Thankyou > > Joe Somhorst