The GMO thread is a prime example of straying off topic.  The first post
(there have been four posts in the current go-round), approved on a slow
day, was at best marginally tangential to "The Informed Discussion of
Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology".  Its approval elicited rebukes from some
about being off topic.  The next post was approved, as it was a response to
the first "marginally tangential" post.  The third post, though "informed",
with quotes from Jonathan Swift, continued the off topic discussion by the
persistence of the author, and the final (and hopefully last) post 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,
courtesy to the second.  Persistence paid off for the third post and the
fourth post made it through solely so I could write this observation of how
easily things can stray off topic.  Anyone who submitted any of the 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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