> I treat this list like that great American wasteland television (not that > this list is a wasteland). When I find an uninteresting or offensive thread > I ignore it and move on. This list is, nominally, moderated. But the hand of the moderator is pretty much unseen. Saddam Hussein himself could not get de-listed. Rudeness is not pleasant. But I refuse to let a nimwit with an attitude control my thinking or behavior by throwing out a few hot-button words. Words are our servants, not our masters. -Joel