Harry Krause wrote:
On 12/28/2006 12:35 PM, Jim wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
oups.com...
Jim's upset because he is a staunch ultra conservative. He believes
that when people post
"I think my steer is a liberal because he has no balls" (from earlier
in this thread) or "Illegal aliens and their supporters dare attack the
real Americans" those threads should be left on the rec.boats subject
board in the interest of "freedom of choice" about
what to read. Although Jim and I *agree* that everybody should be free
to post and read what they want- we disagree that in a newsgroup
universe composed of dedicated sites for different interests each and
every newsgroup must then function as a dumping ground for every
political message, all the hateful propaganda, etc, that happens along.
I believe that if you want to read the latest messages from Al Gore,
Hillary Clinton, the ACLU, Rush Limbaugh, Pat Robertson, or the KKK
there are plenty of sites where that material is freely available and
where posts of the same sort of material would be appropriate. It also
makes sense that people seeking out a boating newsgroup are doing so
with a reasonable expectation of finding boating related material, not
the rare boating related item buried among piles of chatroom nonsense,
political cut 'n pastes, and years-long peeing contests between the
same 2-3 individuals.

I overestimated either the readership of the NG or the cleverness of
turning these OT, cross-posted, disruptive and divisive propagada items
into boating related subjects having to do with 1) dealing with sewage,
2) taking care not to track things back to the boat on your shoes.
(Some of the participants in this group apparently engage or support
these crossposters on other forums, which is how rec.boats gets added
to the multiple cross post list for disseminating propaganda).
Obviously at least a few people missed it. So "Whoosh", big time, but
perhaps the fault was my own.

Anyway, I do plan to continue harrassing the crossposters. If that
upsets a few people who would prefer to see the cross-posted stuff on
rec.boats, so be it. Plenty of people consider me a major a-hole as it
is, so a few more voices in the "Gould's an a-hole" choir are
meaningless.

And it's not like I don't have some empathy. For a group of people who
aren't really very interested in boating the major attraction of the NG
has long been "it's a good place to go pick a fight about politics, or
engage in a personal peeing contest". It's easy to see how discouraging
the OT political stuff "ruins" the group as far as they are concerned.

Those who believe that changing a cross-posted political or hate
message to a boating related topic, (even if it's a silly one), does
more "damage" to the NG than the cross-posting itself are entitled to
their opinions. I'm entitled to mine. Nobody is expected to agree all
the time, and I have never been one to form an opinion based upon how
many people happen to agree with me.

While I admire Chuck Gould's generosity in volunteering to be the newsgroup
shepherd, I think his services are not needed, unless we're the idiots he
thinks we are.




Chuck's a VIP. Just ask him.
Ah! I see.
Nothing a little Viagra couldn't cure.

Chuck Gould wrote:
Tim wrote:
Jim wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message
ps.com...
Jim, you have to be kidding?

changing a title to a thread, doesn't get rid of the origional post of
the thread. cross threading is more manipulative than anything else.

No Tim. I am not kidding.

Psst, Tim:

Jim's upset because he is a staunch ultra conservative. He believes
that when people post
"I think my steer is a liberal because he has no balls" (from earlier
in this thread) or "Illegal aliens and their supporters dare attack the
real Americans" those threads should be left on the rec.boats subject
board in the interest of "freedom of choice" about
what to read. Although Jim and I *agree* that everybody should be free
to post and read what they want- we disagree that in a newsgroup
universe composed of dedicated sites for different interests each and
every newsgroup must then function as a dumping ground for every
political message, all the hateful propaganda, etc, that happens along.
I believe that if you want to read the latest messages from Al Gore,
Hillary Clinton, the ACLU, Rush Limbaugh, Pat Robertson, or the KKK
there are plenty of sites where that material is freely available and
where posts of the same sort of material would be appropriate. It also
makes sense that people seeking out a boating newsgroup are doing so
with a reasonable expectation of finding boating related material, not
the rare boating related item buried among piles of chatroom nonsense,
political cut 'n pastes, and years-long peeing contests between the
same 2-3 individuals.

I overestimated either the readership of the NG or the cleverness of
turning these OT, cross-posted, disruptive and divisive propagada items
into boating related subjects having to do with 1) dealing with sewage,
2) taking care not to track things back to the boat on your shoes.
(Some of the participants in this group apparently engage or support
these crossposters on other forums, which is how rec.boats gets added
to the multiple cross post list for disseminating propaganda).
Obviously at least a few people missed it. So "Whoosh", big time, but
perhaps the fault was my own.

Anyway, I do plan to continue harrassing the crossposters. If that
upsets a few people who would prefer to see the cross-posted stuff on
rec.boats, so be it. Plenty of people consider me a major a-hole as it
is, so a few more voices in the "Gould's an a-hole" choir are
meaningless.

And it's not like I don't have some empathy. For a group of people who
aren't really very interested in boating the major attraction of the NG
has long been "it's a good place to go pick a fight about politics, or
engage in a personal peeing contest". It's easy to see how discouraging
the OT political stuff "ruins" the group as far as they are concerned.

Those who believe that changing a cross-posted political or hate
message to a boating related topic, (even if it's a silly one), does
more "damage" to the NG than the cross-posting itself are entitled to
their opinions. I'm entitled to mine. Nobody is expected to agree all
the time, and I have never been one to form an opinion based upon how
many people happen to agree with me.

Your point was very obvious to anyone of average intelligence.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
On 12/28/2006 1:28 PM, jiminfl wrote:


Chuck's a VIP. Just ask him.
Ah! I see.
Nothing a little Viagra couldn't cure.


Nevermind that. Where's that beach?
If I knew I wouldn't be sitting here.

Alotta Fagina wrote:

You wrote:


The oddest character is a cop who lives aboard his 27 ft year round.
For a good part of the summer, he had the boat cover on and could be
seen crawling under the back end with dates to get into the
cabin.


Lemme guess - he had a pet alligator named Elvis.

I don't wanna know :-)

But he has lost his gun, badge, keys, etc in the canal when he fell in.
Had to bring a police diver out to find them.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
. ..

On 12/28/2006 3:43 PM, Animal wrote:
Alotta Fagina wrote:

You wrote:


The oddest character is a cop who lives aboard his 27 ft year round.
For a good part of the summer, he had the boat cover on and could be
seen crawling under the back end with dates to get into the cabin.

Lemme guess - he had a pet alligator named Elvis.

I don't wanna know :-)

But he has lost his gun, badge, keys, etc in the canal when he fell in.
Had to bring a police diver out to find them.


It's been years since we've had a good, funny cop with boat and bizarre
wife thread here. Not that there is anything remotely wrong with being a
cop, but we had some with wild and wooly tales from the gendarmes, usually
involving the naming of a boat.

Of course, that was in the pre-netcop days, before the a**holes took over.

What is it with cops and boats, anyway? It seems like there is a
disproportionately high number of boat owners that are cops when compared to
other professions.

Eisboch

On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:56:05 -0500, "RCE" wrote:

What is it with cops and boats, anyway? It seems like there is a
disproportionately high number of boat owners that are cops when compared to
other professions.

Here in SWFL we have a disproportionate number of cops running around
in official boats - our tax dollars at work. All this to placate the
hired lawyers from the Save The Manatee Club.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
. ..
On 12/28/2006 3:56 PM, RCE wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
. ..

On 12/28/2006 3:43 PM, Animal wrote:
Alotta Fagina wrote:

You wrote:


The oddest character is a cop who lives aboard his 27 ft year round.
For a good part of the summer, he had the boat cover on and could be
seen crawling under the back end with dates to get into the cabin.
Lemme guess - he had a pet alligator named Elvis.
I don't wanna know :-)

But he has lost his gun, badge, keys, etc in the canal when he fell in.
Had to bring a police diver out to find them.

It's been years since we've had a good, funny cop with boat and bizarre
wife thread here. Not that there is anything remotely wrong with being a
cop, but we had some with wild and wooly tales from the gendarmes,
usually involving the naming of a boat.

Of course, that was in the pre-netcop days, before the a**holes took
over.

What is it with cops and boats, anyway? It seems like there is a
disproportionately high number of boat owners that are cops when compared
to other professions.

Eisboch

A stronger than normal need to get away from it all?

Good thought. That just may be it.

On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:35:17 -0500, "Jim" wrote:


snipped

I think his services are not needed, unless we're the idiots he
thinks we are.



If the shoe fits...

And it does fit several folks around here!
--
John

Jim wrote:


While I admire Chuck Gould's generosity in volunteering to be the newsgroup
shepherd, I think his services are not needed, unless we're the idiots he
thinks we are.

I'm not shepherding anything.

When I see trash laying around, I like to tidy up a bit.

If I thought you were an idiot, I wouldn't bother responding to your
personal attacks.

It's completely hilarious that you think one person expressing an
opionion that is different than your own must somehow be attempting to
"take over" the NG. My opinion carries no more weight than any other.

If you'd care to present a case outlining why cross-posted political
propaganda (from either the left or the right), endless streams of cut
'n pasted pro-war, anti-war, pro-Bush, anti-Bush political editorials,
and the out of control flaming and personal grudges that result from
same are appropriate for and improve a *boating* newsgroup, I would
certainly read it with an open mind. Not saying that I would agree, of
course, but I wouldn't take issue with it simply because you compared
me to Saddam Hussein, Hitler, and Stalin (?) this week. :-)

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:56:05 -0500, "RCE" wrote:

What is it with cops and boats, anyway? It seems like there is a
disproportionately high number of boat owners that are cops when compared
to
other professions.

Here in SWFL we have a disproportionate number of cops running around
in official boats - our tax dollars at work. All this to placate the
hired lawyers from the Save The Manatee Club.


Seems like I remember reading that the manatee population has increased to
the point where they have become a serious hazard to navigation in many
areas of the ICW ... not just the "protected" zones.

Next, the experts will be recommending a hunting season.

Eisboch