Wayne.B wrote in message . ..
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 14:15:08 -0500, John H
wrote:

Well, there will go at least half of my posts! Good post, Chuck. You
have yet to **** me off, so I must not be a conservative!

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Chuck is a good example of someone who can disagree without being
disagreeable.

It's an art that others here should strive to perfect, on topic or
off.

It's all Harry's fault! Just shut Harry up and it all ends. Harry
makes a post and the rest high five him and take turns until someone
answers, thus starts the war. If Harry did not start it, JPS and
Kanter and basskisser would not get in as they don't seem to be able
to generate original thoughts, or if they do, have the balls to admit
them. And if no-one answered the cut n paste mentality would get old,
fast. The highfiving would not start and Gould would not get in, the
highfiving would not start and Jim, John, me, and the rest would not
finally feel compelled to join in with more rational thinking which
tends to get Gould into the picture too.
OK, that was kind of sarcasm, and I am not as clever as Gould with
masking the insults, but keep reading, as I do really have a solution
based on a formula that works in another unmoderated usenet group. So
here we go...

We all know that Harry will never stop as he is the one with the most
to lose here if his political agenda is not served, or if UILLCO gets
nabbed. The only real way to save this group is for someone other than
the shills to give a stand a try. Really, do you expect the shills to
care at all about the group? Anyway, Jim, John, Clams, Wayne, et al,
we should try the rec.boats.builders approach to it. Absolutely ignore
it and it will go away. I know you say it won't, but it will, and the
proof is there at that group. We just don't address or acknowledge the
ot or even spammers for the most part and they usually take their
marbles and go away when they find that there is no one willing to
play there, no money to be made, nobody to impress, nobody to fight
with, nobody at all, nobody. How bout' it guys? Gould and the rest
don't need to go away; they just need to be completely ignored when
posting OT. We can take a stand, not count on them to do it, let them
stay, no 90 day exclude. Let them post ot, high five each other, etc.
After a month or so of no one to argue with, no attention at all, they
will slowly taper off. And if they don't, who cares, with no
opposition, no excitement, just the same old rhetoric over and over
again, even the gawkers, you know, those of us who just end up
getting pulled in by the trainwreck curiosity factor will stop paying
attention.

So since this must get political, I put up this challenge to the the
moderates, liberals, and conservatives who want this group back. When
JPS, Harry, Kanter or whoever posts a off topic and the rest start pig
piling on to see if they can get a rise out of the opposition just
don't do it, don't answer, no matter how hard it is, take the high
road, prove who is really the better group.
Now there will be no need for tallies, as we remember what happens to
tallies when they start going the wrong way;-0... But if you really
want to see it in action like I said, go to the builders group, of
course a lot may also have to do with the fact that most in the
builders group are doer's not just talkers... But I still don't see
why it would not work here.
Scotty

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