No its not.

Usenet is just like a newspaper (maybe that's why they call the software a
"news reader"). It has sections (groups) that should remain on-topic. You
wouldn't want to read about who won the boat races in the business section
in our news paper...and you shouldn't have to read about politics in
rec.boats.

Those who claim that this (politics and war) is what boaters talk about at
sea or on the docks are misdirected. Usenet is not setup that way, and it is
not the intention of Usenet to be used that way.

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It's just about going fast...that's all...

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" Tuuk" wrote in message
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What is the problem with OT comments? Sometime the group skews off onto
more
interesting topics. That is what the newsgroups are all about