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Short Wave Sportfishing[_2_]

On Sat, 17 May 2008 09:06:49 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

I have now been banned from the other group after one post, asking why
a thread trashing us had been allowed to go on for days while the
thread origionator was also over here calling us names. Remember, this
is the same monitor that asked me not to mention "other groups" (not
even by name) here in our forum.. I have to admit, I am pretty ****ed
off and especially dissappointed in all those folks I thought were
friends who seem to have thrown me under the bus as it were. I have to
question the character of folks who have stood back and not said
anything when they can not be missing the hyprocracy, kind of like
another pet peeve of mine

I haven't had the time to keep up with the shenanigans here and there.
When I saw the post about the deleted post on Boatingforum this
morning I came here to see who did it if only because this is the
logical place for something like that to be initiated.

Now that I know it was you, I'm a little disappointed.

Your outsized indignation is misplaced. Yes there have been some
attempts by certain members of Boatingforum to present negative
commentary on what went on, and apparently still goes on, here, but as
a general rule, it's been pretty civilized and while not riveting, it
has been genial even among those who are deadly enemies here.

What bothers me is that you, of all people, should know better. This
outrage you are exhibiting is silly and childish. Boatingforum is not
an extension of rec.boats and rec.boats is not a part of Boatingforum.
While they share some participants in common, they are seperate
entities and should be treated as such. The fact that some common
participants hold views that are anathema to participants in either
forum isn't relevant to anything.

And I've seen this in action on Boatingforum. Somebody in the course
of discussion will mention that the moon is white and immediately the
usual suspects will "correct" that because the moon isn't white, it's
off-white and dash off an email to Chuck proclaiming offense, high
crimes and misdemeanors.

What I would suggest is that you just ignore it and move on. It has
nothing to do with you and your participation here. Fits of pique and
contumely on Boatingforum are for those who participate there to
control. In general, it has been controlled.

It's Chuck's forum. He can do what he wishes with it. There are
issues there that I don't like, including some of the thinly veiled
snark fests, incriminations and other nonsense, but on the whole, it's
been a decent attempt at Chuck's concept of civilized discussion
centered around a shared hobby/business.

Finally, give it a rest. If you have a need to start a fight over
some silly thing or another, just drop me an email and I'll come back
in a different quise and give you a run for your money.