Chuck Gould wrote:
Harry Krause wrote:
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Yeah. You forgot to look into the mirror and see what an asshole you've
turned into...

I'm no more or less an asshole than I ever was. When people disagree
with your perspective in this NG, you suddenly become (in that person's
opinion), a "horse's ass" or what not. Most of the participants here
can't separate opinion from personality, and that's probably
understandable. After all, few of us have ever met and we wouldn't
recognize one another on the street. Those who are eager to judge one
another have very little except opinion to work with. To nobody's
surprise, each of us considers the "better" people to be those who
agree with us most often.


As Eisboch said:

"Point is ... your constant scolding, lectures and passing of judgment
about how *you* think others should behave are just as annoying as an
over done political post IMO. Some people here are masters at purposely
raising the ire of others (trolls) and frankly, I consider you one of
them at times when you do this..."

Maybe it is time for you to post another glowing advertorial of a
Bayliner product to pay off that company for advertising in your boating
magazine?


I can't imagine why you'd care one way or the other. I've copied
articles on a few US Marine products, maybe a half dozen in the last 3
years, into the NG and every time I have done so 2-3 people (typically
you and Karen of Oz when it's offseason down under) give me grief about
it and 2-3 people say "keep it up." Surely you don't think that the
handful of people hanging out in rec.boats, of whom a significant
portion are not active boaters, represent any commercial value to
anybody. The only "payoff" for advertising in the publication I'm
associated with is the response to the ads that appear there.

There's no possible way that my random comments and opinions about the
value of keeping the NG on topic could upset you and Eisboch and a few
others so badly. Has to be something else at work here. (Conscience?)

Anyway, I thank you for expressing your opinion. As you and others have
pointed out rather indignantly, exchange of opinion is what the NG is
supposed to be about. If some of us want to consider others to be
"assholes" based upon the nature or character of the opinions
expressed, I guess that comes with the territory.


It is amazing how in Harry's opinion, you want to being "one of the good
guys, and one of the best contributors to rec.boats" to being an asshole.