Very true... however, the original poster of OT subjects is
lost in the mists of time. Probably several people, so there's
no one to complain about. It seems to me that most of the OT
posts start off as right-wing ones, but I'm biased of course.
I don't have a big problem with OT posts, but the nastyness of
the right-wing posts (and some left-wing ones... certainly
complicit myself) are hard to just let stand.

In article ,
Scout wrote:
It's the kind of crap that makes sailors long for the solitude of the sea.
If this weren't a virtual ship, I'd be tossin' bodies over the side.
Scout

"Mike Mc" wrote in message
...
Am I the only one that thinks that people are posting an unnaceptable
amount
of OT posts about political issues? There are dedicated newsgroups for
discussing such stuff. At the moment it seems like 50% of the posts in
here
are non-sailing related.

The only suggestion I have is to try and refrain from responding to
any offensive or obviously biases posts (yes, even mine) and see if
the volume goes down.

Of course, personal attacks seem ok to me. :-)

Jonathan




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