> From: Chris Olson [mailto:Chrisf.Olson at Sun.COM] > > Mark Landin wrote: > > Before this grows ... what are the list policies on political and > > religious discussions? Are there any guidelines? Some lists I know ban > > them completely, other tolerate them up to a certain point, and others > > have no specific policies... > > There's no hard and fast rule, but we try to steer clear of topics which > aren't part of the Brust books. Of course, this doesn't ALWAYS happen > (hell, even Steve chimes in on these), but we tend to be good about > keeping things civil, and eventually someone will steer us back on course. > > This list is frighteningly reasonable. Like a bunch of Issola jumped > onto the Info Super or something. Now that's the truth. If the only reason you don't like political or religious discussions on mailing lists is the usual serving of slavering fanaticism you needn't worry too much here. Although I only joined pretty recently, so I may have missed some more lively discussions.