tafflad wrote:
and exactly what has this to do with rec.boats ?

It has nothing to do with recreational boats or boating, but it has
been the norm of this group for a long time. You must be new. To find
boating related information on this site you will need to sift through
all the flames, OT political comments (from both left and right),
personal attack threads, etc. Sorry about that, but it's the way it is
and none of the regulars seem to care very much about turning it
around. (Those who once cared mostly gave up and left).

If you hang around, try to start some boating related threads once in a
while. We have several very active posters here who don't even own
boats, but are simply hanging out to throw flaming crapballs at a few
other individuals. Too bad, too.

Best defense is a good offense, and to get more boating content on the
NG more boaty folk need to hold nose and participate. It won't cut down
on the number of "Bush Caused the Hurricane" posts or "All the looters
in New Orleans vote Democrat" posts, but it's a shame when maybe 1 out
of every 5 or 6 threads is actually boating related these days.