While there are people who will click on an unknown and undescribed
link, there are also a growing number who realize that clicking on
unknown links in newsgroups is a good way to catch viruses and trigger
other malware.  For those of us who observe at least basic security
precautions, it would be charitable to describe the link.  I summarize
and include a verbatim quote so that those who aren't going to click
through can at least understand the discussion.

It appears to me that most of the unexplained links are posted by
people with an unreasonable axe to grind or a poorly thought out
position to defend.

T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu - e-mail must contain "T.E.D." or my .sig in the body)