Hello Mark,   
      
    BK>>> So, I am keeping the echo open, check in once in a while, but there   
    BK>>> is very little worth doing in Fidonet anymore.   
      
    LL>> I am the official moderator of the Debate echo.   
      
    ml> no you're not...   
      
   I'm afraid so.   
   And even worse, Tim Richardson is my co-pilot.   
   Talk about scary.   
      
    LL>> The origin of this version is 2:203/2 - which means you are shit out   
    LL>> of luck.   
      
    ml> no, it means that ""you guys"" have crosslinked two different areas with   
   the   
    ml> same echotag...   
      
   I made my declaration first, so I am King of the Mountain!   
   If another guy (or gal) wants it, he (or she) will have to   
   bump me off!   
      
    ml> exactly one of the main reasons for the echolist to be created in the   
   first   
    ml> place...   
      
   Which echolist might that be?  Yours?  Mine?  No elist   
   or echolist has any official status in fidonet.  And for   
   good reason.  Certainly a man of your intellect can see   
   that.   
      
    ml> another reason was so that there was one central place to look and see   
   what   
    ml> might be available rather than sending areafix queries all over the   
    ml> place...   
      
   An official elist/echolist would make it too easy for abuse/censorship   
   to take place.  And the present situation of dickheads worshipping an   
   elist/echolist is proving that point in spades.   
      
    LL>> But don't feel bad.  You have the distinct honor of joining Peter   
    LL>> Bradie as Moderator Emeritus.   
      
    ml> how can there be any emeritus if your version never existed before now?   
      
   My version is the origional.  All others are cheap imitations.   
      
    ml> your sysop needs to break the link to separate the two distinct echos from   
    ml> the rest...   
      
   All sysops are welcome to continue carrying this echo.   
      
    ml> good luck with that!   
      
   Delink yourself.   
      
   --Lee Lofaso, Moderator, Debate Echo ...   
      
   --- MesNews/1.08.05.00-gb   
    * Origin: news://eljaco.se (2:203/2)