"Boating All Out" wrote in message
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On 6/18/13 3:05 PM, Eisboch wrote:



Jim's not like that. He may have different views about things but
he's very secure and quite sane. He's also playing a game of sorts
but I probably shouldn't squeal and spoil his fun.

What with everybody but you ignoring him, looks like his
"game" only entertains him and you.
Sounds like a very small barrel of fun.
Slammer and a buddy of his probably have a similar little
barrel rolling around, propelled by insane and lonely
laughter.
As pretentious, wrong-headed, and often-full-of-**** as
Krause is, he provides most of the entertainment here.
Don't know why some people are "threatened" by that.
But it is what it is. Pretty obvious most still posting
here are enthralled to reacting to Harry, and have
nothing of their own to contribute.
Just has to be "All About Harry." He's easy enough to
deal with politely, or can be ignored like anybody else.
They just can't do that because their screws aren't
properly torqued. Krauses rattles loose screws.
He's an expert at that, and it's him having the fun.
There are exceptions to the Harry-mania of course,
including you, and they are appreciated.
The others need a torque wrench and some Loktite.
Probably won't happen, so the little show will go on,
largely ignored by sane people.

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What I object to is the over the top, mean spirited, nasty comments,
often directed at people's wives and/or kids who are nothing but
innocent bystanders in the jousting contests. The other thing I can't
accept is blatant racism. Not a goody two shoes, but I just have
never been able to tolerate that. That's not to say the state of
racial inequality can't be discussed, and recognizing that racism can
go both ways. But calling people the "n" word in frustration just to
emphasize a point is out of bounds, IMO.

The one advantage I have here is that I know Jim pretty well.
Haven't seen him in about four years and we rarely communicate
privately but we've shared a lot of boating experiences and occasional
get togethers since about 1995. He has taken on a newsgroup
personna, mostly for the fun of it, just like Harry and many others.
What you see here isn't necessarily what's real. I know the real
JiminFla.

Back when rec.boats was a decent, mostly boating related newsgroup Jim
was often helpful to many in troubleshooting and resolving problems
people had with their boats. Contrary to what some people say, he's
knowledgeable was highly regarded around here in the boating scene.
But since those days are gone (basically ended when GWB became
president instead of Al Gore) the newsgroup has become more of a
reflection of our politically polarized society with one side trying
to squash the other. Harry has led the way unfortunately and
represents a philosophy well outside of Jim's. Hope someday it will
end, but doesn't seem like it will soon. Like our general society, it
only seems to be getting worse.

Whatever.