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Anselm Lingnau

Anselm Lingnau

Sept. 19, 2001, 12:55 a.m. (Message 27434)

This is in answer to several people who have written in privately, and 
it also happens to be my own opinion:

Please remember that Strathspey is a list for the discussion of Scottish
dancing as opposed to current political affairs. I am as appalled by the
events of last week as the next person, and I have so far refrained from
throwing the rule book at those people who used Strathspey to help them
cope during the last few days. Indeed I was happy to find out that no
Strathspey subscribers seem to have been hurt either personally or by
having relatives, friends and so on injured or killed.

However, I wasn't particularly happy to see the original `Afghan
opinion' article on the list (even though I quite agree with the gist of
it), and the ensuing discussion is, in my opinion, completely irrelevant
to Scottish dancing as such and therefore has no place on this list.
This list does have a policy statement of what is appropriate (check
http://www.strathspey.org/mailinglist), and I would like to ask all
subscribers to adhere to this. I would hate to have to moderate every
single posting to let only the topical ones through, which would be a
major bother and a waste of time, but if people persist in trying to
turn this list into a discussion forum for US politics (and not for the
first time, either) that is exactly what is going happen, sooner or
later.

Remember, there are lots of places on the Internet where people can air
their political views, but there is only one Strathspey list. Please
help keep it that way.

Anselm
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SMiskoe

SMiskoe

Sept. 19, 2001, 3:57 a.m. (Message 27440, in reply to message 27434)

Anselm is correct.  After a couple of days of discussion we need to move back 
to the dancing.  But I am touched at how everyone wrote so kindly of us 
Americans.
Sylvia Miskoe, Concord, NH USA
Ken and Andreena Broadley

Ken and Andreena Broadley

Sept. 19, 2001, 7:56 a.m. (Message 27442, in reply to message 27434)

Anslem

I whole heartedly agree with you.  It is very disappointing to see political
issues on Strathspey.
I feel like everyone else that this has been an horrific tragedy with
terrible consequences, but this is
not the place to air one's political views.

Andreena

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