Since Jason says he has not had a response that was negative, I'll weigh in here. We are a group of almost 3000 some individuals, each distinct and seperate. When we are reading the FML, we are joined by our interest in ferrets. We may be an elderly person, a person with a long dress and hair in a bun, a leather clad person with spiked, orange and green hair, a teenager, a child, a businessman or woman, college student, or one of around 3000 other people. We are all different- color, religion, philisophy, life styles, income levels, ---we have different uses for the FML- info., stories, companionship, and yes, even as a forum to state our views, and/or provoke reactions from others. The point is (Ferrets) we are all here because of ferrets, as a family, and as in any family, we have disagreements, dislikes, and our favorites or people we dislike or disagee with. (Ferrets) ( I'm sticking in ferrets frequently, so this will be a ferret related post:) ), Jason, by his own admission, is a recent arrival in our family. How he got here, whose mail address he uses, what his intentions are, only he knows. However, I feel he has overreacted, and caused more people to focus in on the post he complains about, than the original post did. He needs to accept that we are all different, have vastly different value systems, and develop some tolerance for others. If we all wrote as he wished, or as any one person or small group wishes, we would be allowing ourselves to be censored, or in my words, manipulated. The great attraction of a nation wide list of many people is the diversity of ideas, interests, and personalities we are exposed to. I, personally, read nothing into Maggie's post, except her usual humorous, interesting personality showing through. For Jason( a fairly new arrival) to attack (yes, it was an attack-clothed in the nicest words he could use) and try to spread his intolerance, and influence the content of this list is unacceptable to me. If a person cannot be tolerant of others, realizing they have freely joined such a diverse group, maybe they need to toughen up or look for a list they can read that won't provoke such feelings of disgust. At the least, do your protesting privately, instead of such a public, attention getting forum, ok? We have a moderator, and a very good one in my opinion, who we need to rely on, and trust. I think he does a great job, and I'm sure, it is mostly a thankless job. Let's trust his judgement. If you disagree with his judgement, or my post, feel free to do so, but please- lets keep it private. Yes, I'm replying publicly, because the other posts were put out publicly on the FML- both pros and cons. Save attacks and give them to the ferrets- they need them for socks, strings, etc. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Peace to all. Harold [Posted in FML issue 2165]