Well, so much for our new poster...
 

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On Mon, 8 Oct 2012 13:35:41 -0400, EmpacherFan wrote:

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On 10/8/2012 10:54 AM, EmpacherFan wrote:
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On Monday, October 8, 2012 7:33:58 AM UTC-3, JustWait wrote:
Looks like Don and JPS successfully convinced the guy not to post here

anymore. Too bad, I wanted to talk more about ice boats...

He seemed too sensible to waste his time in the company of you and your ilk.

Sensible? Me? That's a laugh. You do have a point though. There's an
awful lot of snarkiness, insulting, threats and splitting of hairs to
wade through to find an interesting post or two, not that my standards
are that high. But what is the point of reading through a hundred or
more posts to find a good boating discussion?


We're here to help. Give us your phone number and we'll call you when
someone starts an interesting racing shell or ice-boat thread.


Oh, ok. 666-6666, extension 666. Just ask for NATAS.

Seriously, my humble opinion is that the seemingly endless snarkiness
and insulting turns off new posters and chills conversation. It sure
makes it difficult to read a thread, at least for me, because when I
come across examples of what I've mentioned, I tend to stop reading the
thread.

This morning, one poster here whose ID I won't mention, apparently
wished another poster were either dead or sick.

Well, that surely entices decent newbies to hang around, doesn't it?
He's not the only example of being nasty to others, either.

My interests in boating go beyond ice boats. Mainly I am interested in
wind or self powered boats, but I like all sorts of boats and I have
other interests too. Treating other people like **** though isn't among
them.



Well, you've got rec.boats...building, cruising, electronics,
kayak,marketplace, paddle, paddle
touring, paddle whitewater, racing, racing power, and sailing.
One or more of those may be of more
interest. But, it doesn't hurt to do as one poster suggested, use
a filter here and there.

There used to be a lot of sailing discussed on 'cruising'. Don't
know if it still is or not. Could
be it's become a cess pool like this place. A few folks just
?won't quit.


Rather than having to filter out at least half the baker's dozen of
posters here, wouldn't it be better to try to get the insulters to behave
or to just ignore them all of them entirely? I'm already not reading
a couple of posters here because, well, frankly, they're just obnoxious
and looking for a fight or dropping an insult with just about everything
they post here. If I filter out more posters, there won't be many left
here to read. :)

The pièce de résistance for me came today when one poster wished another
poster was sick or dead and another poster seemed to threaten yet another
poster with murder. The question that should be asked is why are such
posters tolerated?

It's because no one ever looks within. It's always someone else.

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On Tuesday, October 9, 2012 3:53:34 PM UTC-4, jps wrote:

I have plenty of time for both.
"Silly that I haven't gone for it."

Obviously, you don't. Especially when running a successful company, right?

I don't paste anti-gun crap.
i post real news stories.

Snerk. Posted for an anti-gun agenda.

Insanity.

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On 10/9/2012 9:38 AM, jps wrote:
Rec.boats is a cesspool of insults. It used to be a vibrant group
full of discussion but that was 10 years ago. Now it's handful of
right wing cranks who have little ability to discuss anything, with a
few notable exceptions.

truth...

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On 10/19/2012 1:37 AM, thumper wrote:
On 10/9/2012 9:38 AM, jps wrote:
Rec.boats is a cesspool of insults. It used to be a vibrant group
full of discussion but that was 10 years ago. Now it's handful of
right wing cranks who have little ability to discuss anything, with a
few notable exceptions.

truth...


I don't get it. It's don, jps, and kevin who have been trolling and
calling names... almost exclusively. So why would you agree with that
statement? Doesn't make sense, do you think none of us has noticed stuff
like that since the great departure a few weeks back? Geeze...

Well, so much for our new poster...
 

On Friday, October 19, 2012 2:40:04 AM UTC-3, JustWait wrote:
On 10/19/2012 1:37 AM, thumper wrote:

On 10/9/2012 9:38 AM, jps wrote:

Rec.boats is a cesspool of insults. It used to be a vibrant group

full of discussion but that was 10 years ago. Now it's handful of

right wing cranks who have little ability to discuss anything, with a

few notable exceptions.



truth...





I don't get it. It's don, jps, and kevin who have been trolling and

calling names... almost exclusively. So why would you agree with that

statement? Doesn't make sense, do you think none of us has noticed stuff

like that since the great departure a few weeks back? Geeze...

What a little jackass you are. Just like now, I rarely bother to post unless in response to you, Dickson or the southern scourge when you name me while insulting or falsely accusing a particular group.

Well, so much for our new poster...
 

On 10/19/2012 1:37 AM, thumper wrote:
On 10/9/2012 9:38 AM, jps wrote:
Rec.boats is a cesspool of insults. It used to be a vibrant group
full of discussion but that was 10 years ago. Now it's handful of
right wing cranks who have little ability to discuss anything, with a
few notable exceptions.

truth...

The statement pretty much identifies lefties as intolerant snobs. No
wonder they can't get along with folks that aren't exactly like them.

Well, so much for our new poster...
 

On 10/19/2012 8:34 AM, wrote:
On Friday, October 19, 2012 2:40:04 AM UTC-3, JustWait wrote:
On 10/19/2012 1:37 AM, thumper wrote:

On 10/9/2012 9:38 AM, jps wrote:

Rec.boats is a cesspool of insults. It used to be a vibrant group

full of discussion but that was 10 years ago. Now it's handful of

right wing cranks who have little ability to discuss anything, with a

few notable exceptions.



truth...





I don't get it. It's don, jps, and kevin who have been trolling and

calling names... almost exclusively. So why would you agree with that

statement? Doesn't make sense, do you think none of us has noticed stuff

like that since the great departure a few weeks back? Geeze...

What a little jackass you are. Just like now, I rarely bother to post unless in response to you, Dickson or the southern scourge when you name me while insulting or falsely accusing a particular group.

What! You don't like being lumped in with that particular group? Then
stop behaving like one of them.

Well, so much for our new poster...
 

In article , says...

On 10/19/2012 1:37 AM, thumper wrote:
On 10/9/2012 9:38 AM, jps wrote:
Rec.boats is a cesspool of insults. It used to be a vibrant group
full of discussion but that was 10 years ago. Now it's handful of
right wing cranks who have little ability to discuss anything, with a
few notable exceptions.

truth...


I don't get it. It's don, jps, and kevin who have been trolling and
calling names... almost exclusively. So why would you agree with that
statement? Doesn't make sense, do you think none of us has noticed stuff
like that since the great departure a few weeks back? Geeze...

Because it's the truth.

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In article om,
says...

On 10/19/2012 1:37 AM, thumper wrote:
On 10/9/2012 9:38 AM, jps wrote:
Rec.boats is a cesspool of insults. It used to be a vibrant group
full of discussion but that was 10 years ago. Now it's handful of
right wing cranks who have little ability to discuss anything, with a
few notable exceptions.

truth...

The statement pretty much identifies lefties as intolerant snobs. No
wonder they can't get along with folks that aren't exactly like them.

Just how does one person's statement identify everyone who doesn't toe
the right wing line?

Well, so much for our new poster...
 

On 10/19/2012 2:26 PM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article om,
says...

On 10/19/2012 1:37 AM, thumper wrote:
On 10/9/2012 9:38 AM, jps wrote:
Rec.boats is a cesspool of insults. It used to be a vibrant group
full of discussion but that was 10 years ago. Now it's handful of
right wing cranks who have little ability to discuss anything, with a
few notable exceptions.

truth...

The statement pretty much identifies lefties as intolerant snobs. No
wonder they can't get along with folks that aren't exactly like them.

Just how does one person's statement identify everyone who doesn't toe
the right wing line?

???