... be confrontational during this election campaign. In this case, however, I must point out that your statement ...

>> I have stated on many occasions on this BB and in person that I
>> am against slabbing and that I see no place for it in our hobby.
>> I am in favor of educating the membership, not hiding the issue
>> and banning the slabbers.

... proves Neal's point and shows that his comment is not an "unfair characterization" of your position.

You are opposed to slabbing, BUT ...

You may not have used the word itself, but it is certainly implied in your statement.

On another point mentioned in your post, I'm wonder about this comment:

>> One major road block to the slabbing seminar is the fear that
>> some anti-slabbers will cause problems and not abide by the rules.

What does that mean? What "problems" would "anti-slabbers" cause at an educational seminar? What "rules" would we not abide by? Who is of this opinion? Frankly, this sounds like excuse making as a means of avoiding a controversial issue.

----- jim o\-S