I can see your points, but I believe Mr. Haberstich delineated the situation quite well. By the way, an accountant friend of mine is currently looking for a neon orange dog collar with spikes that also doubles as a flashlight, anyone have any idea where he might find one for his dog Spot? ---------- From: Mancuso/Klindt[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, November 14, 1997 10:39 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Response to David Haberstich re Sublet I have been a member of this list for approximately eight months. Sometimes I receive up to 60 messages a day. Most of these messages get deleted without being read. My interest is in art museums and so I don't find myself into discussions about defleshing remains, giving people advice on where to go during their summer vacations, or participating in the contest to name every railroad museum in the world. But I am not, thank god, the arbiter of this list. So I use my delete button OFTEN. The original message was one line. Your response was 77 lines. I appreciate your taking the time from your responsibilities as a busy professional to explain to Museum-L your position in depth (and to recount the tale of your friend's unrequited good deed). However, I want to go on record as saying: 1) had I been in a position to help the individual who was looking for housing I would have; 2) I think you underestimate the number of people on this list in the New York metropolitan area; and 3) I think it is the kind of "censorship" you propose that would discourage people from using this list or make them drop off the list, not a simple request for assistance. If a person has to be afraid to post a message to the list for fear that their question may not be professional enough would be VERY BAD indeed. Are we such overeducated elitist snobs that there is potential subject matter that might offend or defile our finely honed professional sensibilities? After all, who among us can or wants to determine which information about professional matters is valuable and which isn't? David, we are all grown-up--let the members of this list decide on their own whether they care to read something or not (or to help someone or not). Mary Mancuso