The GNO thread is a prime example of straying off topic.  The first post in
the current round was at best marginally tangential to "The Informed
Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology", but it was approved,
eliciting rebukes from some about being off topic.  The next approved post
was a response to the first "marginally tangential" post, and though "well
informed", with quotes from Jonathan Swift, it really WAS off topic.  The
last approved post was a response to the off-topic response, and it really
had nothing whatsoever to do with the BEE-L charter and really has no place
on this list.

Now where does one draw the line?  Lienience was given too the first post.
Persistence paid off for the second post.  The third post made it through so
I could write this observation of how easily things can stray off topic.
Anyone who submitted any of the three articles may have cried censorship!
None of the three submissions were directly related to the BEE-L charter.

So where does one draw the line?  Having made this point, I draw the line
here.  Unless there is a DIRECT tie to "The Informed Discussion of
Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology", I consider the GMO thread at an end.

Aaron Morris
BEE-L Owner/Editor/Moderator

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