[MD] What is SOM?

[Platt Holden]

[gav]
> how old are some of these guys? 12,13? certainly 'childish' is an apt
> adjective.
> i think we have a nice juxtaposition going on: the old and new world.
> the old world built on competition, represented by krimel, platt et al:
> these guys think discussion is a contest and the winner is the one that
> gets the last word in. 
> the new world which is being built on cooperation and is represented by
> your good self, marsha et al: primarily interested in collaboratively
> reaching new and better intellectual analogues, ie truth.

Ludicrous way to introduce the brave new world built on cooperation and 
collaboration while in the same breath trashing fellow contributors. Also, 
I gather the brave new world bans the use of capital letters. kum bay ya.