I think people are very interested in religion and politics because both have very profound ramifications and impact on their life. Unlike the weather, these are disciplines that can effect change in their life. Think about it. Most people feel that their life is important, at least to their family, community and country. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell McMahon" To: Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 9:24 PM Subject: Re: [OT:] NO POLITICS OR RELIGION ON PICLIST FINAL WARNING > > ... despite the fact that I > > agree with his assessment of most (not all) Americans, we don't discuss > that > > on this list. > > Presumably you'll ban yourself for a day for making this supporting > assessment on list :-) > (I'm sure you could do with the well earned break from this noisy mob). > > More seriously - on looking back I see there were quite a few people talking > politics on my original solder thread (how do these things happen :-) ?) and > some quite stridently at that. Hopefully Floret Morgenstern (any relation to > the lawyer of Princess Bride fame I wonder?) was given fair warning of his > indiscretions. He didn't seem especially more rabid or out of line than > several other posters on the subject. > > I'm happy (enough) with the policy as otherwise it becomes just one large > political forum BUT I suspect a bit of leaning over backwards and several > hard kicks in advance of a coup de grace are in order. (Maybe this happened > offline?) > > > > Russell McMahon > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.