Before you dump on Butch, refresh your messages. IMO, 60% crap.
Regards,
noah

I'm not dumping on Butch. Wouldn't know him if I met him on the street, and if
I did I'd probably think he was all right. All I know about Butch is his
appearance in the NG.

Regarding the Newsgroup persona "Butch Ammon":

A couple of weeks ago it was "I'm outa here. At least until spring. You people
aren't talking about boats enough to suit me and fail to rise to my high
standards." OK, fine. To each his own.

So, a couple of weeks later, we see Butch reappearing to say, "Just wanted you
to know I'm lurking, and by the way the NG still sucks big time! All the good
people have left for other NG's. Oh, and by the way, the liberals here are all
real jerks. Merry Christmas."

So let's see:

"All the good people have left the newsgroup" (Therefore, what, only "bad"
people are left?)

"All the liberals are particularly full of crap."

Well, there we go. Damn glad that high and friggin mighty Butch Ammon, (one of
the "good people" who have left for better pastures), waded into the gutter to
let everybody in rec-boats know that they really suck...........because we
spend so much time telling each other we really suck. Wonderful for him to
lower himself for a moment to chastise rec.boats for too much political
content, and then throw in a jab about liberals. Seems like one heck of a
hypocritical position to me.

You think that irritated my one good nerve?
Nah. Try opening your one good eye. :-)

Whatever newsgroup ol' Butch has landed in, they apparently won't put up with
the crap he posted here...( a group flame and a specific jab at liberals)....he
ought to be darn glad ol rec.boats is around so he has somewhere to go and
sprinkle feces on people from time to time.

Personally, I have little patience for people who flame other people for
flaming, bitch about others being bitchy, launch long name-calling tirades
agaist people who call names, and folks who start 6-10 off topic threads a
month griping about off topic threads.

For better or worse, the group determines the content here. The same half dozen
people start 80 or 90 percent of the threads. Two liberals and a single
conservative probably start 75% of the OT
political threads. Those of us who participate once the ball is in motion are
just as guilty as the initiators. If NOYB, Harry, or jps got *zero* response
the political stuff would die down. Sadly, however, if you want almost zero
response in rec.boats just post something boating related. The only topics that
get any real play are "how do I tune up my outboard" sort of discussions.
That's OK- the group determines the content.

If you think my messages are only 60% crap, you're in serious trouble. They're
99% crap (according to at least a couple of fine folks expressing opinions
here) so be more discriminating. Like I said, the group determines the content.