Plist ethos reply

[MASCARO at humnet.ucla.edu]

No it doesn't sound cynical at all, at least to me, Paul.  I wasn't being
 clear anyway when I wrote the sentence.  I was thinking about what
 mattered to me, in general, as I was writing that something should
 matter to all of us.  That's how the kids got into the sentence.  
But your way of putting  it makes more sense.

john m
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Paul M. writes:
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>
>I doubt if children should be tossed into the argument at
>this point.  Not if the topic is p-list behavior, cynical or otherwise.
>Children don't read our humble outpourings, and, as far as other
>influence is concerned, I thought you accepted the point that the
>p-list doesn't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. What
>DOES  AMOUNT TO QUITE A LOT is the media and PR worlds
>and their excesses, which truly ARE cynical. If any harm is being
>done to citizens (including children) that's where to look, not at how
>flippant and seemingly cynical we poor generators of email can get 
>at times.
>
>Hope this doesn't sound cynical.