Re my rather rude remark, what I'm saying is that for me 250 is fine. I
think that if this list had 2000 members it would probably be unbearable.
The people taking part at present generally know what they're talking about,
are distinct in their interests (too much unity produces constant mutual
congratulation) are free of cliché-ed thought, don't just pile up attitudes,
etc. They're worth listening to. Look at some of the other lists, the kind
of person who is attracted to this kind of safe semi-public platform. There
are people who neither eat not sleep but constantly send messages to lists
and treat it as a kind of chat-show, quite happy to say nothing much except
"Hi there!" over and over again. There's also danger of a kind of take-over
by highly committed and ideologically evangelised persons who can say a mass
of interesting stuff but don't want to listen to any differences, and who
put the fear of God into ordinary citizens.
We're free of all that here, aren't we, generally speaking, and if there are
long silences that's better than all the cant and fustian we could so easily
get.
The list wants to attract people who recognise its worth rather than sell
itself to all comers.
PR
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