From: altar@beaufort.sfu.ca (Ted Wayn Altar)
Subject: Re: Conclusions about Ted Altar
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 17:54:38 GMT

Abhay Bulsari over-generously writes:

>The result of last several postings is a consensus - 

Don't say that!   Both my good and bad critics will surely
take exception   ;-(

Anyway, there is no consensus here.  One simply can't please
everybody, but I do try to post information that MIGHT
be of interest to some and hopefully most.  

Let it be noted that I have posted vegan recipes, n
nutritional information relevant for our mutual vegetarian
focus, and yes, even some messages pertaining to what are the 
ethical/ecological advantages of vegetarianism.  I don't
expect everything to be equally informative or interesting,
but I hope that I can provide on occasion something for
everybody since I in turn have received so much in turn
from others.   It is to those many others that I am only
trying to reciprocate just a little in return for their
very generous help, their helpful advice, and their
informed views.


[...]
>We should be grateful to him for being the single most
>important source of informative postings on r.f.v. 

Thanks for the kind and generous kudos, but to be fair 
this really NOT true.  There are many good and fine
people here who are outstanding in their own domain
of interest.  I am well surpassed by others in
the recipe and food instruction domain of vegetarianism.
And the recent spate of postings from yours truly was
only a temporary aberration due to the fact that I had
some old messages that I had earlier posted to GRANOLA
and t.p.a., but which I thought would also be of 
interest here for some people.


>It is
>to a good extent because of him and Ferrell Wheeler and
>Michael Traub that people want to read this newsgroup.

I must agree that Ferrell Wheeler is a fine contributer of 
some of the most interesting and informative postings I am 
most thankful to have read.  And yes, I greatly miss
Michael Traub' presence.   It really was too bad that he
let the shabby treatment of a few finally get to him.
As you recall, that is why I in turn actually stop posting
myself here, so as to help support and encourage Michael 
Traub's return, but to no avail I'm sad to report.

Anyway, permit me to encourage all who might find mine, or
someone elses, particular postings to be of no interest,
too incendiary, too addleheaded, or too onesided,
or whatever it is that annoys you, to simply put me or
whomever into your handy dandy KILL file.  I myself 
have always been civil and have always tried to give
a reasoned reply to my critics.  But I guess this
is not always enough, so now I simply no longer
will answer to rude postings or argumentative
quibbling.  I hope this will keep my contributions always
on the postive and constructive side.  If some still
find me or another too annoying or irrelevant, then
again, please place me or the other into your KILL
file.  In this way, it will actually seem that people
like myself never returned or never existed.  Really!
I highly recommend it.   ;-)  

Thanks again to all those who have provided me with some great
recipes, some really good vegetarian relevant information, and
have responded with civil and open-minded debate, as well as,
proffered friendly and well-intention criticism.   If you don't
speak I can't learn. 

                                        ted