"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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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. :-)

Most newsreaders allow you to ignore a thread or poster. Some, I'm told,
allow you to ignore cross posting. It's pretty easy to keep things tidy
without going off like a mad-man. If you want to see something funny, set
your reader to read all messages and group messages by thread. This will
show you how your tidying up with your Chuckie dots and other tactics have
been instrumental in causing this current mess. You decide if you want it to
continue this way.
Belated Merry Season of Lights and Happy New year,
Jim