"Bruce Davis" wrote in message
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I am proposing that we take an on-line poll of all readers of ARBR to
determine whether we, as a group, want Ed Dolan to stay or leave. In order
for this to work, we need the numerous lurkers to step forward and make
your voices heard. I suspect that there are many more lurkers to ARBR than
there are active posters. I also suspect that many lurkers, such as myself,
primarily visit ARBR to read the latest rants from Saint Edward. Even among
those of you who dislike Ed's politics or egotism, I bet you nonetheless
find him entertaining; and I suspect many of you agree that this newsgroup
would be a bore-fest without him.

Many thanks for the kind words, Bruce. My only purpose in being here is to
provide some entertainment to the troops for what would otherwise be a very
boring newsgroup. I like to supply some moral instruction too for good
measure.

Most recumbent cyclists are elderly men who have been working class types
all of their lives and have neglected their minds. All I have ever done is
to cultivate my mind since I never had to work much, so why should others
not benefit from my life of leisure.
[...]

After the posts die down in a few days or weeks, I will tally all of the
responses. If we find that the majority of ARBR readers want Ed to stay, I
hope he will heed the wishes of the majority. If, on the other hand, the
majority of ARBR readers want Ed to go, then he can do what he was
planning to do anyway, and vacate the premises.

Yes, I shall sadly be leaving one of these days and then the group can go
back to the way it was before I showed up. Liberals will once again take
over and there will be the mindless banter among a select few. At that point
the group will realize that I brought something valuable to the table that
will be sorely missed.

Most newsgroup are nothing but mindless banter among a self selected few. It
makes newsgroups a vast wasteland. It takes time and effort to write the
kind of posts that I submit which is why so few do it. But I believe every
newsgroup should have a few such individuals. The besetting sin of all
newsgroups is the terminal boredom of being forever on topic with mindless
banter. I spared ARBR that fate for as long as I could.

Regards,

Ed Dolan - Minnesota