Theres a manager? -----Original Message----- From: Chris Polson [mailto:whynot2k@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 4:46 PM To: orb-owner@mailman.xmission.com Cc: orb@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Orb] Complaint from a new subscriber Dear Orb List Manager: I am very disappointed in this "discussion" list. I use the word "discussion" lightly as most of the emails I've read here are simply shouting matches designed to inflame further arguments. I recently joined the Orb discussion list a few weeks ago. The first week I joined I saw a variety of Orb and music related dialogue. Since then, all I see are flame wars by people with opposing social, political, and economic views. Most of the rhetoric is: a) hyper-masculine, low-brow, poorly written, and ignorant or b) pseudo-intellectual, pretentious, repetitive, and ignorant As someone who lives in the Bay Area of California, I come across both camps of thought in some form or another...EVERYDAY. Our part of the world is inundated with political coversation, some of which I do take part in (when and where it's appropriate!). However, I do not need political rhetoric in a discussion group related to things I do for fun! Is there any way to keep the politics out of the Orb group? --Chris