Thank YOU!

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I couldnt agree more with the listing below! VERY VERY WELL SAID....My sentiments exactly. Thank you. Now lets just hope the spam ends because it really isnt fair for us who actually want recipes and joined this list for them (which from what I can see is everybody exept one very intrusive person/group)!

 

 

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I've been lurking on this list for a while now, and

have really enjoyed the delicious recipes posted.

I have also been terribly annoyed at the frequent

postings about animal rights- and even more so when

those people started attacking list members, accusing

them of being in the business of killing animals, and

other such insinuations. That is not on. While I

applaud your enthusiasm for your cause, you have

really overstepped the boundaries with these last

mailings. From what I have read (and I have actually

taken the time to read most of the relevant mailings),

very few (if any) comments posted about the political

mailings were attacking the groups sending them- all

the comments I read were along the lines of 'that may

be an important message, but this is not the place for

them'- a sentiment with which I totally agree. There

is no call to become nasty with the 'resident' members

when they comment on this intrusion to our mailing

list.

 

I also wholeheartedly agree with Magdalena. I promote

free speech, especially where it concerns defending

those beings (human, animal, whatever) who are not

able to do so themelves. However, as someone who has

been active in other forums in this regard, I can give

those people who are posting all of these political

messages in this list some advice: You need to really

choose your battles, and your forums for

dissemination, otherwise the very people you are

trying to reach will become angry with you and you

will turn them away.

Selective mailings, properly targetted, are infinitely

more productive than trying to drown a recipe list in

these mailouts! All you are achieving is turning those

people who were perhaps not sure about where they

stood on these issues against you, and therefore the

animals you represent. And that serves nobody- least

of all the animals you say you are so committed to

saving. You need to learn a bit more about human

psychology if you want your cause supported!