Doug,

The answer is obvious, you ignore it. Now, let me ask you a question, when
you read Basskisser, NOYB, Harry, jps, Tuuk, Wally etc. it is very obvious
that they do not come here to discuss boats, they like to discuss politics.
Many people enjoy discussing and arguing about politics, so they are not
unusal. What is unusual is that the prefer to discuss politcs in rec.boats.
Why not go to one of the politcal discussion groups?

Now your point is just ignore the posts if you don't like them. Well I do,
and many other do the same thing. What is the harm from people calling each
other names? The problem is that most of the very knowledgeable boaters,
mechanics, suppliers and people who used to enjoy discussing boats have left
this group because they found it too irrating seeing adults behavning like
children. The people who want to discuss boats or have questions answered
find their questions or requests for boating discussions are overlooked by
the regulars, because they really don't want to discuss boats. At one time,
the regulars would enjoy discussing boats and would get into OT discussions
as a way to pass the time. That is not the case today. Today the majority
of the regulars come here to argue politics and call their opponets names.
The poor person who comes in this group often finds his legitmate questions
ignored by the regulars because they are too busy with their political mud
slinging. That is the problem with 80% of the posts being off topic.

Now, do I believe anything I said will change the topics and political
trolling that goes on here? No way, I don't believe it will change, but you
are a smart person and you should understand why some people who come to
this newsgroup are offended by the 80% of off topic BS. It really would not
be so bad, if people actually made politcal statements that made sense, but
most of the posts are "you are stupid", the __________ are destroying the
world as we know it", you don't know anything, and I know it all. One of
the regulars who seems to be intellegent thinks if he uses profanity by
changing the spelling (ie dumfock) it makes it more politically correct. It
doesn't, all it does is make him look silly.

The person who started this thread, thought his comments would make a
difference. That showed that he is a newbie to rec.boats, but it was not an
unreasonable request.


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
I'm sure the proportions will change as the boats go back in the water.
But,
my question is still a valid one which some people can't answer. What do
you
do when you see a boating question that's of no interest to you
whatsoever?

"John Smith" wrote in message
news:Ks42c.122743$4o.163236@attbi_s52...
Doug,

I know my post will not make a difference, but what has happened is that
most of the contributors who liked the forum as a group to discussion
boats,
have long left this group. The regulars now come here to discuss
politics
and ignore most posts concerning boats. As I said, I know the group
wont'
change, but Joe's posts is a fair request. At one time, this group was
90%
on topic and 10% off topic, it is now about 80% OFF TOPIC and 20% on
topic.
Since the group is not moderated, it will go whatever way the regulars
want
it to go, but I am sure we will see less and less boating topics as this
group is taking over by those who think it is a political forum. It
appears
that the regulars want this to be a political forum.





"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
If you see a topic regarding bilge pumps, but you have no interest in
that
at the moment, what do you do?

"Joe. R" wrote in message
link.net...
Doesn't this board have a moderator? It's really a downer to see a
once
fine source of information on boats and boating in general get
polluted
by
non boating garbage.

There are other sites where folks can spout off on non-boating
topics.

jr