Why do I read David's posts? Sure, he's one of the better writer on the listserv, and actually had interesting stuff to say, but there are other people who can string a few coherent words together, like Erik or Ray. But I'm not crazy enough to follow all the conversations here, so I pick and choose what I read. David's writing is funny, sarcastic and ironic. All indications that he has a brain and a sense of humour. Should be ban humour next? After all, someone may feel like they are being made the butt of a joke, and that would be so much worse for the morale of the project than would be the ban on humour.
Ian