Whither the P-List?

[Steve Maas]

Speaking, of course, only for myself....

This list comprises folks of all stripes, with one common interest. If I 
were a betting man, I’d give good odds that a detailed discussion of a book 
by any other writer is going to be of interest to no more than a handful of 
members.

I realize that some of you may respond, "but only a handful participates 
anyhow." Beyond the obvious--that, just possibly, more would contribute if 
not for the expectation that a few voracious posters will jump on and/or 
attack and/or ridicule and/or dominate the discussion, and attempt to use 
any point raised to prop up their own particular hobbyhorse, no matter how 
rickety and termite-ridden--even beyond that, it is not fitting that the 
occasional poster and the self-selected preterite who never post should be 
subject to the hijacking of the p-list to discuss Pale Fire, or Moby Dick, 
or the Holly Bibble, or The Cat in The Hat, or Stupid White Men, or Slander, 
or <your favorite here>.

Now, Gould’s Book of Fish, on the other hand, or Catch 22.... (that's a 
joke, son).

Steve Maas

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