On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 10:23:15 -0700, "jps" wrote:

"Butch Ammon" wrote in message
...
As some of you may know, I have taken a step back from the ol'
"wrecked.boats"
NG, and became a lurker.

I know I can't speak for some, but, there are a bunch of members who don't
frequent the NG as much as they used to. They don't even lurk anymore. A
bunch of us have exchanged email addresses and instead of posting on the
NG, we
simply email each other. It's sad how so much OT political B.S. and
flame-wars
can ruin a good NG.

The ratio is no more than 1 in 10 headers are OT, even in the worst times.
Skippy has either gone to heaven or Alaska and Harry is busy boating.

Perhaps it's just your newsreader that needs adjustment. Tune out the OT
stuff and you're in rec.boats heaven, no?


Problem is, many newsreaders strip out the "OT" header, as we've already
determined. And some of these increasingly acrimonious political threads
attract the kind of attention a street brawl does.

It's not like there's some shortage of newsgroups to find political topics--or
is there?

Joe Parsons