Off Topic Is Impossible

[Guest guest]

It's a vegetarian discussion group. How can it not contain all the many

things that vegetarianism encompasses, be they health concerns,

experiences, or anecdotes that let us all know we're not as isolated as we

think?

 

Seems absurd to me to complain. If you don't have any interest in a given

post, don't read it. Simple.

 

There is no " on topic / off topic " dichotomy. It's false categorizing.

Fact is, anything any of us choose to discuss is of interest to

vegetarians, obviously.

 

How can you have meat eaters here? Aren't they OFF TOPIC?

 

Yet you tolerate that with high-sounding sentiments of tolerance and

inclusions.

 

So then vegetarians begin discussing their health considerations and what

not and wham, someone complains and the boom comes down, no more of THIS

stuff, it's " off topic " . How ridiculous.

 

Best thing any of us can do is simply discuss what we want, period. This

is not VEGETARIAN RECIPES ONLY group.

 

Is it?

 

 

On Sunday, June 1, 2003, at 02:23 PM,

wrote:

 

> Message: 11

> Sun, 01 Jun 2003 18:39:42 -0000

> " ~ P_T ~ " <patchouli_troll

> Re: [List Reminder] A bit of netiquette

>

> No apologies are required. I was not singling anyone

> out at all here. Heck, I even replied to the thread myself! *lol*

> It is a very grey area.... off topic posts. I guess in my

> mind it was starting to sound less like a vegetarian

> list with a few off-topic bantering posts scattered in,

> to sounding like a more of a bi-polar discussion list is

> all. No harm, no foul, just wanted to bring us back

> on track on the list and encourage you all to continue

> sharing with eachother on this topic, just offlist.

> All is well. Namaste.

>

> Sincerely,

> PT

>

the american republic started as a private club for rich white men and

has managed to maintain that same group in political and economic power

with remarkably few missteps since 1775. the war between the states was

only another of those petty errors that afflict all major institutions at

one time or another, but the powerful ones manage to survive with only

cosmetic accomodations to lesser beings.

--King Reynolds, Cultist