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Complete agreement with these comments! Marcel on 8/3/01 8:54 AM, dsneditor@... at dsneditor@... wrote:

> For those of you who are new and those who aren't...there are two > rules on this list. They've been there from the beginning. They are: > no spamming and no personal attacks. > snip, snip

Kurt, That was timely! I am new to the list and frankly I have been shocked by the "tone" of the list. I have belonged to the Concours Listserv for a couple of years and it has always been an extra benefit to owning a Connie and a welcome diversion from work [grin]. I was hoping for the KLR list to be the same benefit, but with all the arguing and offensive language, I was planning to unsubscribe this morning. I will probably add a filter to get rid of the NKLR posts and give it another chance. Thanks for your timely reminder to the "vets" and information for us newbies... Steve Viertell, Chico, CA '01 Concours, "Smurfie" '01 EX250, "Ninjita" '01 KLR650 "No Name" COG 4274 IBA 6049 WA6ZGK www.viertell.com/bikes/

>>> 08/03/01 08:54AM >>>

For those of you who are new and those who aren't...there are two rules on this list. They've been there from the beginning. They are: no spamming and no personal attacks. Recently, IMO, there has developed a style of mean spiritedness in a few posts... (the following are paraphrases, not actual quotes): "I could give a rat's ass" "you're expecting ABS to make-up for being a lousy rider" "Fxuck this or Fxuck that"...I think you get the picture. There is no equivocation about what I'm about to say. This behavior is going to stop. The KLR list is not for everyone. It is a zany crazy place where you can say just about whatever is on your mind so long as you put NKLR in the subject line. If a person doesn't want to hear your views on Nationalism, Grizzly Bears, Smith and Wesson, they have the delete key. If they really don't like your posts at all they can set a filter to be rid of you. But mean spiritedness and personal attacks are not part of the equation. Obviously, this only applies to a few. I post it generally to offer reassurance to those who've been disappointed that this isn't where we're going. Kurt Simpson Co-List Admin Visit the KLR650 archives at http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com Support Dual Sport News by subscribing at: http://www.dualsportnews.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Steve Viertell" wrote:

> Kurt, > That was timely! I am new to the list and frankly I have been

shocked by the "tone" of the list. I have belonged to the Concours Listserv for a couple of years and it has always been an extra benefit to owning a Connie and a welcome diversion from work [grin]. I was hoping for the KLR list to be the same benefit, but with all the arguing and offensive language, I was planning to unsubscribe this morning.

> > I will probably add a filter to get rid of the NKLR posts and give

it another chance.

> > Thanks for your timely reminder to the "vets" and information for

us newbies... Steve, the KLR list and the Connie list are similar in being terrific sources of help. If you ask a question of either list you'll get plenty of responses...if you don't ask it again for surely it was thought someone else answered it. The lists are different in that the KLR list tolerates/cultivates a kind of zany anarchy. Kind of like being in Berkeley in the '60's when you would find so many bearded bards/lunatics standing on boxes lecturing to no one in particular about everything in general. Kind of what Robert Bly talks about people living in ashes. We on the KLR list are the walking wounded and this is our refuge...every now and then we stray off-course but we come back and that is why it is now over 1,500 strong. Glad you're giving it another chance... Kurt

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., Marcel Blais wrote:

> Complete agreement with these comments! > > Marcel >

Suck up ...... JUST KIDDING !!! Me too, I can respect that ...

-----Original Message----- From: dsneditor@... To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 03, 2001 3:29 PM

>every now and then we stray off-course but >we come back and that is why it is now over 1,500 strong. Glad you're >giving it another chance... > >Kurt

Thanks for the reminder on etiquette, I was wondering when you were going to step in. On a lighter note: Hey, 1,500 listers!!! Doesn't this mean we should have some kind of party, celebration or least a free balloon give away?! Steve A11

At 4:44 PM -0300 8/3/01, Steve Pye wrote:

>Thanks for the reminder on etiquette, I was wondering when you were going to >step in. On a lighter note: Hey, 1,500 listers!!! Doesn't this mean we >should have some kind of party, celebration or least a free balloon give >away?!

I think we should all just give the 1,500th subscriber a swift kick in the ass. LOL Mark B2 A2 A3

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., dsneditor@s... wrote:

>There is no equivocation....

Isn't there a rule about using really big words?

I've often wondered What are crumpets? Ed Windsor

----- Original Message ----- From: To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 7:54 AM Subject: [DSN_klr650] F**k The French? > Hey Listers: > > Quit picking on the French. If it wasn't for the French pulling our feathers > and muskets out of the fire in 1776 we would all be drinking tea and eating > crumpets. Whatever crumpets are. > > If France hadn't come to the aid of a bunch of misfit traitors, England's > King George and his red coats would have won the Revolutionary War and hung > every one of our relatives who took up arms against him. Our ancient > relatives didn't change from misfits to Patriots and Founding Fathers until > they won. > > We bailed them out in W.W.I and W.W.II for sure, but if they hadn't been > there when we needed them the most our country would be a lot different > today. Just think, if we were a British country today and had a power failure > at home, you could bitch about Lucas Electric instead of the Edison Company. > > We owe them more than we will ever be able to repay them. > > Let's return to KLR's. Let's try and refocus on what's really > important...synthetic oil, site glass locations and aftermarket mufflers that > still don't match the factory originals. > > Why not continue to flog Dual Star who innocently got screwed by a nasty > virus? We need to pick on someone who has difficulty defending themselves > when they get into trouble. > > John KLR 600 B-2L > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Support Dual Sport News by subscribing at: > http://www.dualsportnews.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >