The only way to be effective against those who wish to disrupt this
newsgroup is to completely ignore them by filtering them out. If one does
this, no amount of "escalation" can destroy the newsgroup.

For example, my filter seems to have removed about 30 posts since the last
time I checked in here.

I'm betting that there will now be an intense flurry of derogatory posts.
Fortunately, I won't see most them, and those that I will see, I will only
see once.

The people who are attempting to disrupt the newsgroup are puerile and
unworthy of attention. The only self-imposed (or really self-appointed)
moderators are uninterested in actual conversation about sailing and related
matters. They seek to moderate away anything except chaos. It won't work.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Scotty" wrote in message
oups.com...
There are two ways to resolve the problems he
1: You, the decent regulars rise up against the self-imposed moderators
and
persuade them to desist from their foolish abuse reporting behaviour
and
make a public apology. Then I -will- go away, and watch from a
distance.
2: The invasion escalates until this place is totally trashed.


3: We find out where you live and torch the dump.

How does one ''rise up'' and kick off another on usenet? If it could be
done, you'd have been gone a long time ago.

SV