>> On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:27:09 -0400, Matthew Vincent wrote
(in article <885a2aba-7cd7-439c-b2b4-242c14b1da3b@googlegroups.com>):

> On Monday, 6 May 2013 15:44:05 UTC+12, Andrew Swallow  wrote:
> 
>> Does anyone know what promise JMS made 19 years ago?  And to whom?
> 
> I'd love to know this. The big question I have is whether it pertains to 
> disclosing information about real-life social issues. If it does, I'd 
> appreciate being informed (mbv10-AT-NO$PAMMMM-uclive.ac.nz). In about 1994
or 

> thereabouts, JMS said that he was considering addressing one real-life
social 

> issue in particular, but he didn't say what it was. 
> 
> The Shadows. There are two things I can think of.  <<

Nope. It was a promise to Michael O'Hare, and it was about his grave problems 
with mental illness that caused him to have to leave the series. You should 
watch this if you want to hear the whole story from JMS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yjOsaa7XL4

Amy
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