Same debate now raging on Joyce listserve--a couple moralists ending their
subscriptions because of references to masturbation, a flurry of discursive
dead cats tossed in their general direction as they exit right, then
objections to the humorists for lowering the tone, etc. =20

I think there's anxiety among members about listserves degenerating into
chat lines or flirtsites.  So many flatheads on internet, so much empty
chatter.  I doubt, however, that the Mark Twain Forum need worry about being
crashed by cyberpunks who will pluck out pedantic beards and blow them in
pedantic faces.  Lots more exciting nodes out there.

Cheers!

Kelly Anspaugh