Steph - 3:12 pm on Jun 6, 2001 (gmt 0)

> When I ask people why they lurk or don't participate more

it could be too because when you don't understand well english (i speak for me :) ), it's sometimes difficult to understand all what you say and much more difficult to reply.
Babelfish and others tranlators are efficient to have the main idea but not for all the detail