If I'm at a party I'm enjoying, and a few of the guests keep spitting in the face of the host who's paying for the beer, I do get concerned that all the spitting may finally convince the host that it's time to turn out the lights and go to bed.

And yes, I think it's realistic to ask people to accept that this is a privately-owned site that cannot be staffed 24 hours a day, and that such an operation has a number of limitations. I suppose it could be moved to a 24-hour operation if we spent enough money to do it, but there are other reasons why we haven't done that.

But if somebody has a lot of money and wants to pay for that, I'm sure Dick Greenhaus would be glad to allow the new site to make full use of the Digital Tradition. If Shambles and Clinton and Janet and others have so many better ways to operate things, why in the world haven't they started a Website to provide all these wonders to the rest of us?

So, I suppose it all boils down to this: if you don't like the party, go home.

-Joe Offer-