request for openness

[Remi Loyer]

Perhaps this is all getting a bit ridiculous?  Why can people not discuss
what they wish on an open forum regarding the camino?  I am not
particularily interested in the number of pilgrims in the middle ages,
however, this is the place to discuss it.  If you cannot appeal to others on
this list for information, then what is the point?  I usually very much
enjoy this list, but recently it has been about people attacking each other,
and this is the thread which I find the most disheartening.  It does not
appear to me that people are showing off with their academic cleverness.  I
am not attacking anyone here, I am just another member who is a little sick
of the bickering.  I am not interested in this particular subject matter and
thus... I delete the messages.  People have their own ideas about what is
important on this listserv and where their interests lie, so, who are we to
judge what the current thread of conversation is?

Sincerely (hoping not cause an uproar, but to have the right to voice MY
opinion)
Jennifer Bruce


Road to Santiago Pilgrimage wrote:
>In a message dated 12/7/2001 9:37:39 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>bone1966aYAHOO.COM writes:
>
>
>> It seems VERY impolite to post Howard's
>> private message to the list.
>>
>
>Wholeheartedly agree especially when a sentence fragment is taken out of
>its
>context.  Also, I am trying to avoid controversy that erupted when I
>simply
>suggested that endless discussions cluttering listserve about numbers of
>pilgrims during various millenia were not what I think most people would
>be
>fascinated by, save those vociferous folks who took personal umbrage and
>lashed out at me on listserve.
>
>In an attempt to spare all of you others from my comments directed at the
>perpetrators of the abstruse historical archeology, I decided to contact
>those who attacked me personally by using private emails.
>
>I enjoy listserve and want it to be fun to read.  But after a while when
>some
>of the well-meaning members use it as a platform to "show off" their
>academic
>cleverness, I find it not a "goldmine" as Barry seems to celebrate, but
>tedious and boring.  Also I find it condescending to be told to use the
>delete button if a topic like numbers  is the subject.  I refuse to
>delete
>messages I get because I'm afraid that part of the message from someone
>may
>have some merit even though the subject may not state everything in
>contained
>in a message.  Enough said.  Howard Mendes NYC
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  Remi Loyer -- loyerracadvision.com