Thanks Tuna/A sad day!

[Veronica J. Finkelstein]

I just wanted to say thank you to Tuna for providing a service I truly
enjoyed. I know how difficult it must have been, especially with all the
negative emails-- but I wanted to let you know that I appreciated it. I may
not have spoke out often, but I really liked the format and I loved being
able to stay in touch with everything. I can't imagine my mailbox without it
 :(  Thanks.

~Veronica Finkelstein
Penn State University

----- Original Message -----
From: "Darren Elliott" <delliott at USD253.ORG>
To: <EDEBATE at LIST.UVM.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 4:33 PM
Subject: Thanks Tuna/A sad day!


> I cannot say I am surprised at Tuna's decision.  I have to applaud him for
> his efforts over the years.  What a headache he has endured.  And for
what?
> Oh yeah, a bunch of people to yell at him and tell him how he has failed.
> Well, Tuna, you have not failed.  Your endeavor was a success.  Thank you
> for all you did.  I know of few people who give as selflessly as you do.
>
> I haven't always liked the negative posts, but I will be sad to see some
> friendly rivalries go.  Who didn't enjoy a good Berube-Bear, Bear-Tuna
> fight?  What about the jabs at Scott Elliott (no relation)?   Week after
> week we silently (sometimes verbally) complained about the harshness,
> especially of Bear.  But now that they are leaving it is like we are
losing
> our favorite TV show or Soap Opera.  Everyone claimed to dislike J.R., but
> when the Dallas cameras stopped rolling, we were all a bit melancholy.  On
> October 27th we will know how the fans of the Truman Show felt.  Goodbye
my
> good friends.  At least for now.  At least the archives will remain (kinda
> like reruns)!  (Next they'll pull the plug on WCW/WWF-then what?)
>
> Sincerely,
> Darren Elliott
> "CHIEF"
> Director of Debate
> Emporia High School
>