Kirt: >>I'm surprised at how emotionally-laden the word "boredom" is to you. I am >>also bored by gems (a subject I know little about) and fusion jazz (a >>subject I know much about). Peter: >You are making my point again. I think I would feel quite rejected if you >compared me to fusion jazz or a gem. I find it a lot more painful if >somebody is bored with me than if they blow up in my face. The latter I can >respond to - the former is like being invisible, insignificant, ignored. Hmmm...you are making mine, methinks. This wasn't about _you_ but about the evo-creation debate. Being bored with an idea is a far cry from comparing a person to a boring issue, or being bored with a person, but if this thread keeps up much longer....;) >We are close to a hundred subscribers yet >only few are posting these days, and I am just trying to make sure that >everybody realizes that the list a safe place for everybody to post no >matter what their view. I hope so too. I always love to hear from new posters on this list. I tend to bore myself with my own posts ;) Cheers, Kirt