Jim wrote:
In other words, you are trying to censure, for us, material you don't
approve of. Thanks but no thanks.


Not at all. You can read whatever you want. You should also be capable
of viewing more than a single page on the internet and navigating to
the groups where the material you hope to read is on-topic.

If a guy is out to f up the entire newsgroup by attracting like-minded,
politically OT, non-boaters and he or she should be allowed to
continue, I certainly should have an equal right to f up a disruptive
OT post.

There's a huge difference between "I'm telling you that you *can't*
post your crap here" and
"I don't think you should post your crap here."

I have no problem with the KKK, the Socialist Workers Party, the
Democrats, the Republicans, the Muslims, the Christians, or anybody
else posting messages on the Internet. I would staunchly defend the
right of even those people I disagree with to do so.
However, it is a reasonable assumption that people viewing the
rec.boats site are doing so to discuss boats or view boating related
discussions. There are appropriate forums for all of the conservative,
liberal, racist, inclusive, or other groups to post to.

How about it, Jim. Do you go to the KKK website looking for boating
topics? If not, why not?
Does it make any more sense for the KKK (or extremist groups from any
side of the aisle) to post political crap on a boating site?