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Another try: rec.boats ON-topic
On 14 Nov 2003 20:09:13 -0600, noah wrote:
On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 06:25:07 GMT, Joe Parsons wrote: On 07 Nov 2003 16:00:59 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote: But such a requirement involves rules, rules demand a judge, etc. If anybody can report anybody else to an ISP for posts they aren't pleased with, I'd hate to say it but the ISP's will be busy for weeks listening to people from rec.boats whine about one another. ISP's don't bother with Usenet squabbles. They really don't. Joe Parsons Yes they do, Joe. That has never been my experience. There are many Usenet service providers, for example, that have essentially NO Terms of Service. Altopia is a good example of this. Teranews is another. By and large, what I have observed is that--especially in unmoderated newsgroups--ISPs don't have the time or inclination to deal with their users who might be chronically nasty, or who post off-topic (or who chronically post off-topic in a nasty manner). I'm sure my generalization is unfair to a handful of ISPs who *do* pull the plug on those who abuse newsgroups by posting off-topic arguments, but I haven't run across them over the last dozen years. I decry these kinds of posts, as I know you and many others do; but ultimately, there has to be some kind of "gentleman's agreement" between the main combatants that the behavior is inappropriate--and that it is literally destroying the newsgroup. There is absolutely nothing to be gained by people's posting these provocative, emotionally charged and polarizing articles. And since, for the most part, the people posting them seem to have some modicum of intelligence, I have to believe they know exactly what they're doing it--but choose to indulge their destructive whims out of pure selfishness. They certainly are not doing it with an eye toward convincing anyone of anything. Joe Parsons Regards, noah To email me, remove the "OT-" from wrecked.ot-boats.noah. ...as you were.  ) |
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