>Since I never asked that either leave, it would be moot for me to >welcome
>them back. Don't know about Brad, but my spider sense tells me that Leo
>won't be gone long. King Leo of Righteous will miss addressing his >unruly
>subjects.
Doug said:
>Both left of their own accord, and both are free to return (as are
>Charles Brown and Rakesh Bhandari).
in response to what I said:
>May I put forward a suggestion for "vote"? I ask the chair that it (the
>suggestion, not the furniture) be recognized that LBO-Talk will welcome
>back Brad DeLong and Leo Casey if and when they choose to return.
OK, it seems I wasn't clear.
Doug: I know Leo left of his own accord; he sent me and a few others a note stating such. I assumed Brad would leave, given the tone of his last posts, and I wasn't terribly surprised when it came out that he had. I wasn't implying that you had kicked them off or would keep them off the list.
Dennis: I never asked you qua you to welcome them back. I asked that "LBO-Talk" welcome them back. Doug is the first image that comes to my mind when LBO-Talk is mentioned, and he is the closest person we have to a "chair" for the group. I was referring to Doug.
I figured he would, in responding positively to my request, post a polite welcome back in a spirit of "no hard feelings" should either Leo or Brad re-appear. If he chose not to, well fine-and-dandy; neither Leo nor Brad would worry about it, I'm sure. I merely brought it up to show Brad and Leo (should they decide to lurk via the archive) that they are not universally hated on the list. I put it into a cool "formal parliamentary" request format to emphasize that, while I wouldn't mind their return, I'm hardly going to go to pieces should they not (nor will anyone else, I warrant).
'Nuff said on this.
Todd