"John H." wrote in message
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On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:47:35 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Raphael" wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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Checked the rec.boats newsgroup this morning. 37 new posts

10 are from "regulars" here and are mostly boating related.
27 of them are political cross postings, thanks to Harry.

Eisboch


If we were to leave that sick puppy alone, he might just get bored and
leave.


That would be nice, but given his history over the past 14 years, I doubt
it
will happen soon.
He has an insatiable need to be seen, heard and to spread his political
gospel.

Dragging the other NGs in here by crossposting is just another example of
his hypocrisy and his ill will to those who don't share his POV.

Ironically, he represents everything that is bad in his political
affiliation.

Eisboch


Not to be an asshole or anything, but I must point out that you let him
suck you into his **** on a daily basis.

Filter him and his supporters. Easy.



You're right. Back into the bin.
It just would be nice to see regular faces in here, discussing subjects of
common interest and not the wacko's dragged in by you know who, just to
disrupt the NG.

For the record, I enjoy reading and conversing with almost all the people
here, on boating subjects or not. Even Harry, when he is not on one of his
obnoxious political crusades. IMO, every post or subject need not be
directly boating related, as long as the subjects are of general interest to
most. If they are not of general interest, the threads or initial post soon
die.

Old school plank owners of Usenet correctly point out the practice or custom
of 100% on-topic posting. The practice originated back in the days of 1200
baud (or less), dial-up, Internet connections where downloading a bunch of
posts would take 10 minutes or more. In those days it was important to
stay completely on topic because otherwise you wasted people's time and
affected telephone bills as they downloaded off topic posts.

Those days are gone. It takes a second now to download the subject headers
of a 100 or more posts. IMO, (and it's only an opinion) the speed and
bandwidth today allows for a relaxation of old Usenet customs. Discussing
varied subjects, of common interest, is not a big deal, in my opinion.
Personal insults, flame wars, threats, or using the NG on a regular basis to
further one's own agenda should still be off-limits, I think, but it's
probably too much to realistically expect.

Eisboch