On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:28:08 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:38:58 -0500, John H. penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

Gene, cut folks some slack!

The only reason that *wasn't* posted by Harry was because someone else
thought of it first. It is exactly the thing Harry would have posted had he
thought of it.

Now, there.

Slack for what? Impersonations?

No, for not checking whether or not the post had come from Harry.


I know it must be comforting to all posters that, when you are away,
other people will be here posting in your name with "your thoughts" so
that nobody will be without "your" posts and/or "your" responses....

Think about it..... and think about the motivations of a poster
impersonating another poster with something that they know is going to
be inflammatory and then jumping back into the fray as themselves.

Historically, Harry isn't the only victim of that kind of crap and it
only serves to divide and inflame the newsgroup..... and *never* in
the direction of *boats*.

What was posted, in this case, could not possibly further divide the group.


There's also the matter of self fulfilling prophecy. I think we have
one poster that has absolutely gone off the deep end... mostly because
he feels that he is expected to.....


There is that bit of truth, and it ain't Jim.

Now, go do some kind if rain dance..... you are *really* going to need
some, if you expect to be boating down here, when you get moved....

We're now thinking of the New Bern area. Looks like water levels there may
not be as much of a problem as Falls Lake.

Do you know anything about the New Bern area?
--
John H