I agree that, in future a disclaimer might not be a bad idea. First, there are new members on the list that might fear expressing their own opinions if they read what they perceive as ridicule of one's deeply-held beliefs. Too, those of us on the list that do "have lives" (I'm sure that most of us) haven't necessarily got the time to catalog each and every list relationship, like soap opera afficinados, to determine who is doing a legitimently friendly jab, and when the exact same post might be construed as unnecearily scathing and hurtful in its rapier wit. I doubt folks would have jumped on the band wagon so quickly to quelsh this line of dialog if the memories of the last *genuine* ugliness on this subject were not so fresh in memory. Disclaimers do serve their purpose, and appear in even the best satire. [Posted in FML issue 4195]