Chuck Gould wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:14:32 -0400, JohnH wrote:

On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:26:44 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On 19 Oct 2006 10:09:10 -0700, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:


basskisser wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Jim" wrote in message
ink.net...
_ _ _ Oops! One got away. ~

We could write to his magazine, but he probably reads all the mail. :-(
He'd censor us.

Not at all. However, it's a boating magazine so judging by your
performance in the NG you would have little or no interest in it and
wouldn't have anything to say that could possibly be relevant to our
readers.

Chuck do you really think that someone has to think about, write about,
dream about boats 24/7 just because they are interested in them? I have
a boat, really like it, love being on it, etc. But I also have other
interests. Do you constantly talk about your boat when you are on it?


Not at all. But when I wanted to discuss, say, the history of the
American Civil War I would go to a Civil War newsgroup or forum. When I
want to talk about politics, I would go to a political newsgroup or
forum.

Just to prove a point, I went to the alt.civil.war.usa newsgroup for a
quick sampling.

In just one minute I had the following headers:

Clash of bigots continues
Laura Bush murdered her favorite boyfriends
The one trillion dollar war
Meshuga ****tard Ohara
Neo Conservatives in the news
Bassy the bigot exposed
Homophobic bigots
Whose doing the looting in New Orleans
Death of American Democracy
Leftists facists of this era

Now you tell me Chuck - how prevelant is this?

There are times when discretion is the better part of valor - this is
one of them.

Two (or more) wrongs make a 'right'?

Not at all - it's just a demonstration that it's more than just here
that this occurs and that given the history of Usenet, not unusual.

Does that mean it can't change - no.

As I said in my other reply to you, boats, boats, boats 24/7/365 is
silly and unrealistic.


Absolutely agree. A variety of interests is healthy. When in the mood
to converse about other interests beyond boating, there are NG's and
other forums set up for that specific purpose.

There are now a gazillion blogs on-line, and for folks who feel
compelled to keep a publicly accessible journal of their daily life
that seems to be a really appropriate format.

Folks who want to talk about politics, the war on terror, etc etc etc
have a lot of groups available as well. When visiting the "Liberals are
Trying to Destroy Christianity!" site or the
"Conservatives are Trying to Neuter the Bill of Rights!" site, I wonder
how many of the discussions there are interrupted by people who insist
about talking boats? :-)

Boats all day everyday is not healthy. People should seek appropriate
venues for other activities as well.

What strikes me as funny, is the fact that you are using more bandwidth
whining about off topic posting than the off topic posts themselves!
Also, why does it bother you so much? Don't read what you don't want to
read, it's as simple as that!