Re: PAM

[krandall@world.std.com]

At 03:18 PM 9/16/99 -0700, Dave Gomberg wrote:

>Neil and Karen, would you say the correct amount of scientific stuff is
>zero?  I don't think we should drag the level of PAM down to the most
>illiterate whiner.   

Absolutely not.  I believe TAG has always tried to provide real "meat" to
the members when the material was available.  That's why Neil has even
tranlated a lot of German articles, lookig for more of this type of material.

I'm just relating comments that both Neil and I have heard.  We also _do_
have to consider the needs of _all_ of our members.  I think you've done
that with the idea of regularly including beginner articles.  We certainly
_don't_ need another "pop" magazine in this hobby.  We already have 3 big
commercial ones doing that badly.<g>

>Would you advocate not discussing evolution because
>Bob Dixon doesn't believe in it?   Tough cookies, I say.  Let him not read
>the scientific pages.  I will even print a pitchfork by the page number so
>he will know which ones to skip.

I can tell you I don't want to read _either_ side of that theological
"debate" on APD... and I sent a note to that effect to Cynthia this afternoon.

Karen