On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:50:41 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 17:06:45 -0400, Jim penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|12:35 Harry gets out of jail
|12:56 Another of Harry's fans gets the boot

I missed this message on the other board, until today, so I'll
paraphrase it:

You are going to get booted if you mention another poster in a
derogatory manner. I would assume that includes any remark that is
sure to lead to nowhere other than a defensive comeback.

Let me suggest this litmus test: before you touch the keyboard, ask
yourself this, "Am I defending __________ ?" If so, push the keyboard
back, go get a cold one, and take some quality time to think of
something to post that is non defensive and boating related. I'm
betting that if you don't, you'll perpetually remain booted......

And I, for one, think he is 100% right.

It would seem that a simple rule would suffice: Anything that may **** off
Harry will cause one to be booted.

No?