[pct-l] who's been in the woods?

[neubig@salk.edu (Mike Neubig)]

    people who complain without effect ought to see themselves 
    as being on the verge of leadership.  strong opinions - as 
    might be indicated by persistent complaining - would well 
    serve an editor of moderated list. make use of your talents, 
    follow your calling. of those who choose not to follow you, 
    leave us in peace to enjoy the eclecticism of the 
    unmoderated pct-l.  whether you choose to lead, or to stay
    and complain, keep in mind the following commonly held 
    cynicism:

    ED·I·TOR, n. 
    A person who combines the judicial functions of Minos, 
    Rhadamanthus and Aeacus, but is placable with an obolus;
    a severely virtuous censor, but so charitable withal that 
    he tolerates the virtues of others and the vices of himself;
    who flings about him the splintering lightning and sturdy 
    thunders of admonition till he resembles a bunch of
    firecrackers petulantly uttering his mind at the tail of a 
    dog; then straightway murmurs a mild, melodious lay, soft as
    the cooing of a donkey intoning its prayer to the evening star.
    Master of mysteries and lord of law, high-pinnacled
    upon the throne of thought, his face suffused with the dim 
    splendors of the Transfiguration, his legs intertwisted
    and his tongue a-cheek, the editor spills his will along the 
    paper and cuts it off in lengths to suit. And at intervals
    from behind the veil of the temple is heard the voice of the 
    foreman demanding three inches of wit and six lines of
    religious meditation, or bidding him turn off the wisdom and 
    whack up some pathos. 

    source: http://www.alcyone.com/max/lit/devils/

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    as for new lists, is biodiversity about everyone living 
    on one list, or is it about allowing list-speciation?  

    BI·O·DI·VER·SI·TY, n. 
    The variability among living organisms on the earth, 
    including the variability within and between species and 
    within and between ecosystems. 

    SPE·CI·A·TION, n.   
    The evolutionary formation of new biological species, 
    usually by the division of a single species into two or 
    more genetically distinct ones.

    source: http://www.dictionary.com/

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