With respect to Donna's feelings about Olivia Harrison, it seems from what
I've seen that she has had some personal interactions with those involved
with Olivia.  To me, this is a different situation than the typical
anti-Yoko view, and I don't have any information to contradict what she has
said, and I don't know that much about Olivia to begin with.  So I really
don't have a strong feeling about it.  I tend to browse through those posts
and move on.

There has been an awful lot of *very strong* expression of religious and
political views around here recently, which makes whatever views Donna has
expressed in these areas seem pretty tame by comparison.  I have my own
views, which I try not to express (although I haven't always been
successful), and I tend to respect the views of others.  So generally I
don't get involved, but I really don't care if anyone else does, as long as
they're not abusive.  And Donna hasn't been abusive.

Now, as to the constant bickering between you and marcus, I think I can
safely speak for many in the group in saying that it is just downright
stupid, silly, counterproductive and, in the end, annoying as all hell.
This has been going on since I joined the newsgroup and probably long
before; one of my first recollections of RMB is a "discussion" about whether
people who grew up with the Beatles have a different perspective about them
than those who came to them later.  Naive, silly old me, I thought it was a
legitimate subject for discussion, but quickly realized it was a pretext for
a flame war.  Since then, I have noticed that you are nearly always there
with a retort whenever marcus posts something.  I'm not implying he's
completely blameless, and I do notice that sometimes he'll post something
with the expressed purpose of tweaking you, but you respond over and over
again with the same old rants.  We get it, already!  The constant repetition
is just tiresome and boring.

What you two remind me of more than anything else is Oscar (marcus) and
Felix (you) in the odd couple.  But in this case, it's not a comedy.  What
possible satisfaction can you derive from it?

Finally, I have to saying that your declared position in the group as
Self-Appointed Musical Expert is wearing thin.  You don't seem to understand
that people would respect your musical knowledge *more* if you didn't shove
it down people's throats and smugly dismiss the musical tastes of others if
they run counter to your own.  For me personally, it's not a huge deal since
I consider tastes in music to be subjective and I'm not going to argue with
the choices of others, but I'm far from the only one who is subjected to
this (and some others are much more frequently than I am).