CCL: Recent disturbing behavior on the CCL.

["David F. Green" <dfgreen*ams.sunysb.edu>]

 Sent to CCL by: "David F. Green" [dfgreen]=[ams.sunysb.edu]
 To all members of the list:
I've been a subscriber to the CCL for close to ten years, and have
 never
 considered dropping it until now.
However, I have noticed that in the past month or so, several threads
 have degraded into very unprofessional diatribes involving personal
 insults to both posters and uninvolved individuals or groups.  I find
 this trend very disturbing, and the behavior is completely
 inappropriate
 in what is meant to be a scientific forum.  I think that the majority
 of
 the community would agree would me in requesting that people make every
 effort to remain respectful of the other members of the list, and to
 keep posts on topic.
Given the amount of effort that Jan has put into creating and
 maintaining this important resource for the community (and we all know
> from recent posts how much work this has involved), we
>  ought to do our
>  
part to help it continue to be successful.  If this type
 of behavior
 continues, however, I'm afraid the list is going to have no future, as
 many subscribers will be driven away.
 Thank you,
 David
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