On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:01:37 -0500, Harry Krause wrote:

noah wrote:

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:52:20 GMT, Dave Hall wrote:

noah wrote:

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:17:33 GMT, "swatcop" wrote:




"Bill Andersen" wrote in message
news:CidDb.9687$J77.5548@fed1read07...
you're missing the point.
the point is that this newsgroup is "rec.boats" and all the other crap is
posted here.
there shouldn't be a need for filters. except to omit Krause.
some people think they are the only ones with radio, tv or newspapers, and
feel obligated to repeat the news here.
some people obviously have no one to talk with, so they post their
opinions
here.
Well, fortunately for us this is still a FREE country and that sort of
behavior is tolerated here without a need for "newsgroup police." It's
kinda' like a radio - if you don't like what the station is playing, then
turn the knob. Wasting your time posting a message telling everyone what we
already know is pointless. We've already figured out how to "turn the knob."

I find it interesting that you'd make this response.

It IS a "free country, as you stated, but a police officer, of all people,
would understand that there are also limits to individual freedom.

Perhaps, if he were to have prefaced his statement with the words
"Absent any laws which prohibit......" first, you would have had less
trouble accepting it?


Dave


Well, yes, and no.
Usenet, in general, isn't structured with "laws". Different ISP's and news
servers have (more or less) similar Terms of Service policies. Different groups
have individual Charters and FAQ's, and the whole of it comes under Usenet
Etiquette. None of this is "law". Most reasonable people abide by the
principles.
Regards,
noah

To email me, remove the "OT-" from OT-wrecked.boats.noah.
...as you were. )


Help me out here, I'm hard-pressed to recall a posting string you
originated that was directly related to recreational boating. Have I
missed the last 20 original bon mots of yours that related to
recreational boating?

As we age, our memory slips a bit. Perhaps you were busy posting.

On 10/30, you posted a response to a post about a computer virus...then
there were about a dozen posts about audiophile topies...about 30
concerning off-topic posts...then something about a freighter sinking in
Albany...then about 20 complaining about me...

I haven't been around as much as I normally would like to be.
If it matters, my mother is quite ill. We all have "real life" problems now and
then.


Tell us all about the kind of boating you do, Noah...about your boat,
where you boat, what you do on your boat, how you maintain your boat,
how fast your boat is or isn't, what kind of repairs you've done yourself.

You know, posts related to...rec.boating.

If you had bothered to read them, Harry, I have posted about all my boats, and
different experiences I've had. I've also gotten good repair advice, and I try
to help where I can. If you didn't read them, I can't help it.

We don't all measure our paticipation by the sheer number of posts we can "up"
in a 24 hour period.

On-topic posts.

Yes. On-topic posts. If I were to post everytime a politician farts, perhaps
you would be more familiar with them, as I am with yours.

It's not personal for me, Harry. You and I share "some" opinions and ideology.
I flat-out covet your Parker, and wish I lived in an area that had a longer
boating season. You are not the only prolific OT poster. Pure and simple, I
believe that most of the OT posts belong in other, more appropriate, groups. I
approached you to attempt to discuss it, and I now see that I made a mistake.
My mistake.

Regards,
noah

To email me, remove the "OT-" from OT-wrecked.boats.noah.
....as you were. )