"Mike" wrote in message
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John, was that really necessary? That's how all the crap gets started
around here. Unless it's a personal attack, leave it alone. If it *is* a
personal attack, it should be taken out of the group... but *that* will
never happen. It's a 'saving face' kinda thing.

Besides, that joke is an oldie but goodie.

Yes, it was. And, no, that's not how all the crap gets started around here.
The crap gets started by posters who feel this forum is suitable for
displaying their choice of OT subject, which offends another OT poster whose
tastes differ. Then another 4 or 5 OT posters chime in and the thread
stretches on forever. At some point the thread is cross-posted and the real
fun starts. Standing in the middle is some Solomon who attempts to determine
which posts are offensive and which are okay. At that point another argument
breaks out over the fairness of Solomon's judgments. Yes, the "personal
attack" threads are the most offensive, but it's the climate of "post what
you want" that grants approval to the posters who contribute to them.

On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 07:26:43 -0500, "John Wentworth"
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"Mike" wrote in message
et...
John, was that really necessary? That's how all the crap gets started
around here. Unless it's a personal attack, leave it alone. If it *is* a
personal attack, it should be taken out of the group... but *that* will
never happen. It's a 'saving face' kinda thing.

Besides, that joke is an oldie but goodie.

Yes, it was. And, no, that's not how all the crap gets started around here.
The crap gets started by posters who feel this forum is suitable for
displaying their choice of OT subject, which offends another OT poster whose
tastes differ. Then another 4 or 5 OT posters chime in and the thread
stretches on forever. At some point the thread is cross-posted and the real
fun starts. Standing in the middle is some Solomon who attempts to determine
which posts are offensive and which are okay. At that point another argument
breaks out over the fairness of Solomon's judgments. Yes, the "personal
attack" threads are the most offensive, but it's the climate of "post what
you want" that grants approval to the posters who contribute to them.


You make a point. You should come on board when some of the real political
or religious crap comes into play.

Are you doing a lot of boating now?
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"JohnH" wrote in message You make a point. You
should come on board when some of the real political
or religious crap comes into play.

Are you doing a lot of boating now?

John

Today it's 15° and snowing, with NW winds gusting to 28mph, so, no, I'm not
doing a lot of boating. Boating in New Hampshire will resume sometime in May
unless you're the sort who likes to dodge ice.

The difference in our viewpoints seem to be that you differentiate between
"real political or religious crap" and general run-of-the-mill crap, and I
don't. I can't see how you can discourage one type of crap while condoning
another type. Our Solomon tried it and seems to have gotten drop-kicked in
the butt.

Anyway, this ends my OT posting for a while. Any southern boaters who would
like to share a story about a cruise to the islands or a fishing trip to a
favorite lake should feel free to do so. That sort of thing does lend hope
that spring will come someday.

On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 09:35:48 -0500, "John Wentworth"
wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message You make a point. You
should come on board when some of the real political
or religious crap comes into play.

Are you doing a lot of boating now?

John

Today it's 15° and snowing, with NW winds gusting to 28mph, so, no, I'm not
doing a lot of boating. Boating in New Hampshire will resume sometime in May
unless you're the sort who likes to dodge ice.

The difference in our viewpoints seem to be that you differentiate between
"real political or religious crap" and general run-of-the-mill crap, and I
don't. I can't see how you can discourage one type of crap while condoning
another type. Our Solomon tried it and seems to have gotten drop-kicked in
the butt.

Anyway, this ends my OT posting for a while. Any southern boaters who would
like to share a story about a cruise to the islands or a fishing trip to a
favorite lake should feel free to do so. That sort of thing does lend hope
that spring will come someday.

I've not been opposed to postings about subjects other than boating, e.g.
photography, cars, tractors, etc, etc, because the topics were not designed
to be incendiary. In other words, I'm not a 'purist' with regard to the
topic.

However, there is a set of subjects which will incite flame wars, politics
and religion being subsets thereof, along with subjects designed to lead to
political posturing, like global warming and WalMart.

Today is cold here also. Yesterday I developed a cough which has torn my
throat up. I won't be doing any boating. Besides, the boat's been
winterized and is put up for the season. I'll see it again next spring.

If something in the golf joke was offensive to you, I apologize. I guess it
could be taken as an anti-woman thing, although certainly not meant to be.
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