Ahem....somewhat perturbed.....

From: Claude Heyman
Message: 2700
Date: 2000-06-20

Hi! 
 
I guess I have to introduce myself:
 
    My name is Claude Heyman ( or .... menya zovut Klod....je m'appelle Claude...whatever..)
     I live in South Africa (ahem...no we don't live in the jungle and yes, there is a measure of civilisation in Africa)
     I am 16 years old
    and I am a linguaphile and amateur (especially here) philologist.
 
Ok, now on to the real part:
 
    I recently subscribed to this list, since IE is the root of 90% of all the languages I am interested in.
BUT in the very short time I was here, people have been at each other's throats about African culture,  some poor uneducated man remarked that Putin means whore and insulted a simple play in Latin........and flaming seems to be commonplace here.
 
    SInce I do not wish to leave this very informative and terrific list, could I please request that the moderator enforce a greater amount of list policy?  It is highly irritating to try and sound educated in the midst of a linguistic food fight.
 
                                                                                                                Claude
 
    PS  Whoever said anything about the Celtic languages,  BRAVO! I am an absolute Goidelic devotee.......