Mr. Burke-
You have identified an outstanding point.
Most of the American folk/FOLK contributors stumbled into the mc before max... MAX...changed it (and the banner/logo/mission) to the MC
We stumbled in....(some over 10 years ago) from the newsgroups....on invitation from respected American folk-archivists like Abby Sale....later wanna-be-but-your roots are dictators like Harpy and a "woman's contingent of healers" followed and have claimed this bit of cyber-turf.
Some, from the NG's expected the jabs, thrusts, and intellectual jousting - as long as it was balanced with academic posting. Newcomers, without the slightest knowledge of 2.3 or 3.1 or DBII, were suddenly thrust, by Mr. Gates, into cyberspace as "equals."
Thankfully, the DT continues. (Thank you dick and susan)
Somewhere, there is a severed, bloody fist flying in the seacoast wind.
Sincerely,
Gargoyle