Another country heard from...

[Blair]

*sighs* Okay.  Everyone is entitled to their own opinion about 
TBAY.  Everyone is entitled to a soap box once in a while.  Maybe we 
all don't agree with what Gwen said, but she still had the right to 
say it.  Until this thread, I actually hadn't really thought about 
the people who don't enjoy TBAY.  I hadn't thought about the 
different systems of internet access and how the payments are done.  
I had just assumed that everyone who didn't like them skipped them.  

To be "another country heard from," as an AP English student, I like 
TBAY.  It's interesting to me.  It gives the list another dimension 
that I rarely get to read (currently being bogged down by Crime and 
Punishment, which will be followed by Kafka...).  But there are 
certain things I can't deny:
1. TBAY can be hard to follow.
2. TBAY can come across as sort of an exclusive club.
3. You have to be very involved to write TBAY.
Again, no one has to agree with this, it's just my opinion.

On a more personal note: for the love of marching band, what is the 
matter with the list lately?  I mean, alot of the people posting on 
this TBAY subject are the well-known posters - people who's name and 
theories I recognize without even having to hear their post!  When I 
sit thining of posts to write and theories to bring up, I hope that 
I can express myself as well as Darrin or bboy_mn or Lexicon Steve 
or Joywitch or Amanda or Kneasy or Kirstini or Elkins or Iggy or any 
of the other numerous people who have posted great theories during 
my time on this list.  It's slightly disheartening to see that we 
can't settle anything in a more civil fashion - although I 
understand that we all get frustrated sometimes.

Oryomai
Who really hopes she didn't offend any of the listees she mentioned 
in her post, and isn't saying that all the people she mentioned are 
talking about this, but just wanted to mentioned that she admires 
the people she talked about...that's all.