On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Douglas Helm wrote:

(sigh) Don't twist my meaning please. My point was we as a list never got a
say, he simply showed up. So what if was the only Tybalt who wanted the
job? It would have seemed more relavant then a blantant stranger.

He -isn't- a blatant stranger.  For his purpose as FFML Moderator, 
he simply wears a different mask.  But 'we as a list' have no control
over this list; WWolf does.  WW keeps the list going, because he feels
responsibility, I'm sure, and he, at some level, enjoys providing this
forum for us.  

(doubel sigh) Again it was the impression I got. If Tybalt's not satisfied
with moderation then he should not do it. There's nothing forcing him to do

Define 'satisfaction'.  What would satisfy you, as moderator?  Having a
ML composed entirely of clueful people who don't spam, and don't post
off-topic?  Sure, nice, but inherently unrealistic. 

it. He had to have known what he was getting into and should gripe about

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Right there is our point. He *KNEW* what he was getting into, and he still
got into it and does it.  Would you?

expression my own views. So I'm the lone voice in the wilderness, wouldn't
be the first time and likely not the last.

Oh, please... you're not some martyr.  Ideally, the less Tybalt has to do
the better, but no one is trying to force you to like him.

"I write in broad tapestries, interweaving characters lives leaving
 the little detials to the reader unless the detials are important."
	- Anne McCafree

By the by, that's 'detail', not 'detial', and Anne McCaffrey's name has
only one 'e' and it has a 'y' at the end.