No one takes Harry, jps, or basskisser seriously. Gould who is
knowledgeable on boats has come to Bayliners defense many times, his words
are of more value than all of the silly bashing that goes on. I hate to say
this but if you want to discuss boats, rec.boats is not a good place to do
so. It was taken over by the extremist a long time ago.


"Bob D." wrote in message
...
Hey Bill,

Your right, Bill, of course. But what about the lurkers in this group
who *MAY* take these clowns at face value? As I've stated:

" This type of bashing is irresponsible because the people posting are a
small percentage of the people reading this group. Bashing ANY boat or
person without qualifying your remarks, has consequences to the people who
MAY take these comments at face value. There may be other Bayliner
owners out there who are now unwilling to post a serious question because
they do not wish to be ridiculed by a group of assholes. There have been
examples be new boaters out there who post to this group looking for
advice while sharing their first time boating experiences who get slapped
down like a fly on a picnic table without any constructive advice, by
people basking in their anonmynity (sp?) who wouldn't dare act in this
manner in person. There may have been people who still have not become
boaters because that affordable Bayliner was so badly renounced that they
passed it up without looking to see if it would suit their needs.

It is really sad, because as arrogant as Harry and many members of this
group are, I feel they still may have very valuable information to impart
from their knowledge and experiences. Unfortunately it may not reach the
people who need it because they are too intimidated. Intimated because a
small group of people decided too make rec.boats first and foremost a
****ing contest. Too bad."

Even if no one takes these clows seriously, my personalfeelings are if
these jerks are allowed to run amok, and unchallenged to make rec.boats
so full of **** that others can't take any comments of this group at face
value, then what is the point of rec.boats existance?

A few smart-ass comments about a brand of boat, fine. A few smart-ass
comments someone's stupid actions, fine. But when its only the smart ass
comments, never coupled with any helpful advice, then it just mean
spirited. I personally don't believe rec.boats should be the safe harbor
for this mean spirited behavior. I wish other who share my love of
boating felt this way as well.

Take Care,

Bob Dimond




In article a8Zeb.480968$Oz4.319400@rwcrnsc54, "Bill Cole"
wrote:

It makes as much sense as saying "If you can't afford a BMW you should
not
drive". It isn't worth your time getting upset about a few old men who
live their life in rec.boats.