Gene Kearns wrote in message
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There has always been OT posting here.... just like hanging around the
marina... not ALL talk will be about boats.

The problem arises when it gets ugly and personal.... you wouldn't
refer to another person's family or the size of their anus at a marina
without expecting some physical injury. Here, one can be anonymous and
everybody is only here electronically... thus no physical consequences
of bad behavior.

IMHO, OT isn't intrinsically bad, but it can be bad....

Bingo. If everybody posted as if they were standing in front of the person
to whom they are addressing ... everything would be fine.

Eisboch