Is it always like this?

[Mike McClintock <mikemcclintock earthlink net>]

Recently, actually the day before the "testicles" release, I subscribed 
to this list.  Being an entirely uninitiated list newbie, yet a big fan 
of Mr. Lebowski, I wasn't shocked or awed by the title. 

I'm what you could term " a business user/decision maker".  I joined 
this list, to see what the Gnome community was all about.  I just wanted 
to see what the people behind the scenes were like, how they thought, 
what went into this platform, etc.

The recent messages/theme/testicle controversy really doesn't influence 
me one way or the other from a business perspective.  But my question 
is, "Is it alway like this?"  Did I just catch an out of the ordinary 
flame war, or is this the norm.?

Should I be watching another list?