wrote in message
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Harry wrote:

They're garbage. That's all. And you, Chuckster, encourage them by
responding directly to their posts.


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That's uncharitable, Harry.

JimH is obviously under some serious emotional stress right now. His
wife has been ill, and maybe he's losing whatever grip he used to have.
He has made it his life's work to follow me around and lob insults. Who
knows why? But there's still some redeemable qualities in everybody,
even a guy who lives for flame wars and seeks to start as many as he
can.

The other guys you mention appear here so seldom they don't amount to
much. Herring is an exception. John is an asset to the group, as is
NOYB.

None of these people are garbage. Don't forget to take a progressive
view of the situation. We libs are supposed to be tolerant, it's the
right wingers who are supposed to yell (as JimH is now doing) "conform
to my standards or get the hell out of here", not the enlightened and
tolerant lefties. :-)



Chuck Gould posted the following rules on 2/10/05 at 2:10 p.m. EST in
rec.boats. I added some personal observations in parenthesis:



Chuck's rule #1. No name calling. (You can start by dropping the childish
change of my
last name.)



Chuck's rule #2. No discussions about people No politics. No religion.
No
union talk. No talk about war. Boat talk only.


Chuck's rule #3. Serious boating discussion only. No joking around about
anything
related to boats or anything else. One must remain focused and serious when
discussing boating.


Chuck's rule #4. No personal attacks. (I don't want to hear "but Mom, he
started it".)



Chuck's rule #5. A contributor to rec.boats is rated only on the percentage
of boating related topics he/she contributes to the NG. In order to be
considered a contributor one must be 100% on topic with no side bars on non
related items. See rule #3. Chuck Gould will be the ultimate judge as to
ones rating.



Since he posted these rules he has broken all of them numerous times.


I think it is time for Chuck to step away from this NG and take a break from
it like he did a year or so ago.