Kata Markon

[JFAlward AT aol.com]

In a message dated 12/28/01 9:13:24 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
tonyprete AT earthlink.net writes:

<< Let me be specific. Forum posts began in February, and as of Nov. 30 they 
 totalled 248. That's almost twenty-five a month over the ten-month period, 
 not five or six. 
 
 Of course, none of this has anything to do with a scholarly interchange on 
 the Gospel of Mark--which is why I will stop here.
 
 >>

I don't blame Tony for stopping.  If he went any further with his analysis he 
would find that the numbers support my argument.

The archives show  that since September 3, 33 posts posts have been made to 
the list; five of them were administrative announcements, and five more dealt 
with the current, non-substantive controversy.  That leaves just 23 
gospel-related posts since September 3, almost four months.  By my reckoning, 
that's about five posts per month for the past four months; it was higher 
than this last year, a lot higher.  In my previous post I offered a reason 
for this decline.

I offer this data to as evidence that many who would otherwise contribute to 
this forum might not be doing so because they fear that they will be 
admonished by its moderator.  Maybe if people lightened up a bit, didn't act 
like stuffy old men, we'd have more fun and get more done at the same time?