Folks, I've seen too many lists torn apart by digressing from their purpose -- in this case, discussing internet research -- to other matters. Sure, everything is germane (I once unsuccessfully tried to get the BMW list to discuss the class struggle as a cause of car jackings), but some are more germane than others. Second, I've seen too many instances where posters to lists assume that everyone shares their opinions. It's part of the partial communities that we belong to. There is a rough community of interest around internet research here, but that doesn't generalize to politics, etc. In short, political discussions belong on political lists, not here. That's my .02. YMMV (curious if anyone remembers where the latter comes from). Barry ___________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman@chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Just Out ***** (1) _The Internet in Everyday Life_ Barry Wellman & Caroline Haythornthwaite, eds. Oxford: Blackwell, 2002 (2) _Social Strucutres: A Network Approach_ Barry Wellman & S.D. Berkowitz, eds. Toronto: CSPI/Women's Press ___________________________________________________________________