The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

--- In AN1x-list@egroups.com, "Thomas Finegan" <tomfinegan@y...> 
wrote:
> This is the 600s posting this month...we broke our own record from 
> last months. 

Yes, but the quantity does not reflect the quality. :-(

IMO, there have been too many OT posts which border on insulting. To 
be specific, the 'American' vs. 'European' stereotype posts. These 
are foul and have no place on a proper mailing list. To those who 
find these humorous or informative - I'm sorry for you. I take no 
small pride in my European heritage and my American upbringing. My 
background defines me as a musician/parent/member of the human race 
and I take exception at these feeble attempts to implicitly quantify 
people based soley on geography.

Second, the large number of repeat posts on these threads should be 
self policed. If you're mature enough to post your unsolicited 
opinion on the Internet than exercise enough self discipline to know 
when to take it "offline". I modified my eGroups subscription to 'Web 
Only' for this list to avoid the excessive number of these emails 
littering my "in box".

And finally, I have to express my surprise and disappointment at the 
relatively few list members (given a membership of 180+?!) who 
participate on the list by posting new topics or questions. Surely we 
can find something other to discuss than 'Football' vs. 'Fussball', 
wooden clogs, or lederhosen.

My apologies in advance to anyone whom this reply offends. I've tried 
to ignore most of the recent subject matter - solely for my own peace 
of mind - and limit my replies to AN1x specific or technical issues. 
However, given the steady growth of this list I will no longer hold 
my tongue regarding the direction we've taken.

Does anybody else feel similar or am I out on a limb here?

Regards,
Jon "that other list moderator" Levinson