In a message dated 3/11/99 8:09:22 PM Central Standard Time,
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 I must admit that I have gotten to the point of just deleting Alan's replies
 to this forum, without even the least bit of curiosity to see what he has to
 say.

 Cheers.

 Kate

--Dear Kate:

I hope Alan doesn't take what you said to heart as much would be the loss to
all of us. He's brought much knowledge and wisdom to the list.

 Alan responded,
 > I don't quite know what you are getting at..as I have never yet
 > addressed cooked meat as a cause of cancer at all in this list.
 > A holiday in the Bahamas to anybody in here who can prove that
 > I did.

--I think he and Liza have just misinterpreted a few things said by each other
since tone of voice, inflexion and cultural meanings often relay subtle
nuances that don't come across well in print.

Be fair Liza. If I stated that women tend to get more
 > overemotional and distort facts (which you have proven here) you
 > would probably call me sexist (I'd bet my bottom dollar that
 > Kirt is also a woman BTW). ;-)

--The above case is a good example, I think, of Alan using humor and Liza,
perhaps, took him seriously.


 P.S. I too believe that he owes Lisa an apology for the cooked meat remark.
 Actually I think he owes all of the women an apology for his remarks.
 Perhaps he should consider a cooling off period before posting.
  >>
--As long as neither one goes away mad and/or stops contributing, because then
we would all lose.

FWIW:
gerry

ps: Forgive me JR, I have been away and have been responding to 592 emails.
When I see some place I might be able to contribute I must do so at the moment
or that moment is often lost forever because I go on to something else
demanding my attention.