"Lloyd Sumpter" wrote in message
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On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 06:25:06 +0000, Joe Parsons wrote:

On 7 Nov 2003 00:53:16 -0600, noah
wrote:
We deserve better. The group deserves better. It is my opinipon that
the
level of OT posting is now inviting outside trolls to pump up the OT.

Again, in case I haven't said it for the last 15 nanoseconds or so: the
problem
in rec.boats is NOT off-topic posts. Those are just fine, IMO.

have been told that "this is the way it is". That rec.boats is
an open forum, like the lounge at the yacht club.

I have belonged to, or been associated with, four yacht clubs in my
life. I
have *never* seen this kind of bickering, even in the most heated
discussions.
Most people just don't behave like this in Real Life(tm). There's too
much risk
of confrontation--even of personal injury. Here, we see lots of
posturing and
rhetoric--but generally from the safety of anonymous accounts.


I gotta side with Joe on this - it's not the OT posts, or even political
"debate" - it's the bipartisanism that invades ALL posts in this NG. If
you're
"conservative" and post an on-topic post, it isn't long before a "liberal"
will
start at the very least making assumptions about the way you think, and
more
likely start attacking you personally. (and vice versa...).


And if your boating style or type of boat owned does not meet Eugene Kerns
criteria, you will be flamed by him.

He lives in a glass house but does not realize it. This thread proves it.