From the list custodian

[Eugene Volokh]

        Folks, please, please, please keep things as calm and mellow as possible,
even when -- especially when -- provoked.  It's just much better for
everyone on the list.  I know we all slip from this aspiration; I certainly
have done so on many occasions; but it is still worth remembering that the
more we can turn down the heat, the more we're likely to get some light.

        Eugene