JohnH wrote:
On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 20:49:18 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:


Many (if not most) of these OT posts are made by non-boaters. They
may *own* a boat, but their boating is never discussed here. One of
the more arrogant of these idiots admitted he came here only as a
vandal and not to discuss boating. He freely admitted that when he
wished to discuss boating he went elsewhere. When he wanted to engage
in mischief, this is where he came.

That got me to thinking. I wonder if there is not a movement afoot
among some (consciously, or not) to attempt to disable rec.boats. I
have no real answer for that, but it strengthens my resolve to ignore
these posts and forge on with what we should be discussing here. In
Agent, I just hit the round circle with a diagonal bar through it...
thread is ignored. Whatever you use for a newsreader, I encourage you
to learn about and use its capabilities to ignore inappropriate
threads. In some instances, killfilling a poster may be appropriate,
if they have never made a boating related post... and there are some
of those out there posting, now.

At any rate, again, the signal to noise ratio has reached the point
where we are losing posters. I'm betting that if we forced the noise
back down to a whisper, the vandals would slink back to their
respective rocks, crawl under, and be quiet.

Think about it, the decision is yours.

You may be correct. (I almost said "right" -- whoops) I'm going to try to be
good for a while. It's really hard to stay quiet after reading the stuff being
written, but I'm gonna try!

John
On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD

It's really difficult to get a decent boating discussion going here on a
topic of interest, and I don't mean yet another discussion about
Bayliner boats. You start something out and the idiots jump right in and
Skipperize it.

But I try every so often. Less often these days.





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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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JohnH wrote:
On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 20:49:18 -0500, Gene Kearns

wrote:


Many (if not most) of these OT posts are made by non-boaters. They
may *own* a boat, but their boating is never discussed here. One of
the more arrogant of these idiots admitted he came here only as a
vandal and not to discuss boating. He freely admitted that when he
wished to discuss boating he went elsewhere. When he wanted to
engage
in mischief, this is where he came.

That got me to thinking. I wonder if there is not a movement afoot
among some (consciously, or not) to attempt to disable rec.boats. I
have no real answer for that, but it strengthens my resolve to
ignore
these posts and forge on with what we should be discussing here. In
Agent, I just hit the round circle with a diagonal bar through it...
thread is ignored. Whatever you use for a newsreader, I encourage
you
to learn about and use its capabilities to ignore inappropriate
threads. In some instances, killfilling a poster may be
appropriate,
if they have never made a boating related post... and there are some
of those out there posting, now.

At any rate, again, the signal to noise ratio has reached the point
where we are losing posters. I'm betting that if we forced the
noise
back down to a whisper, the vandals would slink back to their
respective rocks, crawl under, and be quiet.

Think about it, the decision is yours.

You may be correct. (I almost said "right" -- whoops) I'm going to
try to be
good for a while. It's really hard to stay quiet after reading the
stuff being
written, but I'm gonna try!

John
On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD

It's really difficult to get a decent boating discussion going here on
a
topic of interest, and I don't mean yet another discussion about
Bayliner boats. You start something out and the idiots jump right in
and
Skipperize it.

But I try every so often. Less often these days.

maybe monthly. What a joke. And please stop changing ID, it screws up
my blocked sender list.

del cecchi wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
JohnH wrote:
On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 20:49:18 -0500, Gene Kearns

wrote:


Many (if not most) of these OT posts are made by non-boaters. They
may *own* a boat, but their boating is never discussed here. One of
the more arrogant of these idiots admitted he came here only as a
vandal and not to discuss boating. He freely admitted that when he
wished to discuss boating he went elsewhere. When he wanted to
engage
in mischief, this is where he came.

That got me to thinking. I wonder if there is not a movement afoot
among some (consciously, or not) to attempt to disable rec.boats. I
have no real answer for that, but it strengthens my resolve to
ignore
these posts and forge on with what we should be discussing here. In
Agent, I just hit the round circle with a diagonal bar through it...
thread is ignored. Whatever you use for a newsreader, I encourage
you
to learn about and use its capabilities to ignore inappropriate
threads. In some instances, killfilling a poster may be
appropriate,
if they have never made a boating related post... and there are some
of those out there posting, now.

At any rate, again, the signal to noise ratio has reached the point
where we are losing posters. I'm betting that if we forced the
noise
back down to a whisper, the vandals would slink back to their
respective rocks, crawl under, and be quiet.

Think about it, the decision is yours.

You may be correct. (I almost said "right" -- whoops) I'm going to
try to be
good for a while. It's really hard to stay quiet after reading the
stuff being
written, but I'm gonna try!

John
On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD

It's really difficult to get a decent boating discussion going here on
a
topic of interest, and I don't mean yet another discussion about
Bayliner boats. You start something out and the idiots jump right in
and
Skipperize it.

But I try every so often. Less often these days.

maybe monthly. What a joke. And please stop changing ID, it screws up
my blocked sender list.



There you go. You make an on-topic comment and immediately afterwards,
one of the yahoos jumps right in and Skipperizes its.

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On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 22:32:01 -0600, "del cecchi"
wrote:

But I try every so often. Less often these days.

maybe monthly. What a joke. And please stop changing ID, it screws up
my blocked sender list.

When I started reading this thread I wondered just how far I'd have to
go for the first personal attack. Looks like post #4 is the winner,
congratulations del.

bb

"bb" wrote in message my blocked sender list.

When I started reading this thread I wondered just how far I'd have to
go for the first personal attack. Looks like post #4 is the winner,
congratulations del.

bb

Actually, #3 seems to have won that title with "Skipperize"

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 09:55:51 -0500, "Gary Warner"
wrote:


Actually, #3 seems to have won that title with "Skipperize"

I internally debated that issue long and hard before naming #4 the
winner. It is certainly a grey area.

I decided to go with #4 for a few reasons. First, Skipper appears to
have gone the way of madcow, so is there a personal attack if the
person isn't around. Second, I doubt many here don't have an idea
what "Skipperize" means. Good or bad, old skippy made a reputation
for himself. Third would be my own bias.

Of course, I'm willing to listen to rational debate on the issue, as
long as its properly backed up with facts.

bb

"bb" wrote in message
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I internally debated that issue long and hard before naming #4 the
winner. It is certainly a grey area.

I decided to go with #4 for a few reasons. First, Skipper appears to
have gone the way of madcow, so is there a personal attack if the
person isn't around. Second, I doubt many here don't have an idea
what "Skipperize" means. Good or bad, old skippy made a reputation
for himself. Third would be my own bias.

Of course, I'm willing to listen to rational debate on the issue, as
long as its properly backed up with facts.

bb


I think it's probably a personal attack - just because the person
seems to be absent doesn't make it better...maybe even worse.

Also, for Harry to say "It's really difficult to get a decent boating
discussion going here..." is a little hypocritical. Sure, he does talk
boats plenty, but he's also one of the OT and antagonistic
posters. Also the "and the idiots jump right in" is a pot-kettel-black
remark.

But whatever. I tend to agree with HKs politics if not always
his tone and none of this OT stuff bothers me much. It it SO
easy to skip or ignore it if one wants to.

Anyway, enough time wasted on this tripe - back to something
good - or at least profitable.

bb wrote:



Of course, I'm willing to listen to rational debate on the issue, as
long as its properly backed up with facts.


If that criteria were strictly adhered to, most of the political banter
would disappear.

Dave

Why do you constantly change your address, this will be the third time this
month I have to re-block your posts

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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JohnH wrote:
On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 20:49:18 -0500, Gene Kearns

wrote:


Many (if not most) of these OT posts are made by non-boaters. They
may *own* a boat, but their boating is never discussed here. One of
the more arrogant of these idiots admitted he came here only as a
vandal and not to discuss boating. He freely admitted that when he
wished to discuss boating he went elsewhere. When he wanted to engage
in mischief, this is where he came.

That got me to thinking. I wonder if there is not a movement afoot
among some (consciously, or not) to attempt to disable rec.boats. I
have no real answer for that, but it strengthens my resolve to ignore
these posts and forge on with what we should be discussing here. In
Agent, I just hit the round circle with a diagonal bar through it...
thread is ignored. Whatever you use for a newsreader, I encourage you
to learn about and use its capabilities to ignore inappropriate
threads. In some instances, killfilling a poster may be appropriate,
if they have never made a boating related post... and there are some
of those out there posting, now.

At any rate, again, the signal to noise ratio has reached the point
where we are losing posters. I'm betting that if we forced the noise
back down to a whisper, the vandals would slink back to their
respective rocks, crawl under, and be quiet.

Think about it, the decision is yours.

You may be correct. (I almost said "right" -- whoops) I'm going to try
to be
good for a while. It's really hard to stay quiet after reading the stuff
being
written, but I'm gonna try!

John
On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD

It's really difficult to get a decent boating discussion going here on a
topic of interest, and I don't mean yet another discussion about
Bayliner boats. You start something out and the idiots jump right in and
Skipperize it.

But I try every so often. Less often these days.





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"Paul Schilter" paulschilter@comcast,dot,net wrote in message
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Why do you constantly change your address, this will be the third time
this
month I have to re-block your posts


Because he is in desperate need of attention.