JimH wrote:
.... I think folks should be allowed to
post whatever they want to.

This being usenet, of course you are free to post whatever
you want, as is anybody with access. The restraints are your
personal code of morals & ethics.


What do you think?


I think some people's personal code of morals & ethics needs
a heck of a lot of work. But this NG has been better, the
past few weeks.


wrote:
Everybody is of course allowed to post "anything they want to." People
do. Nobody can or is going to stop it.

You can start a thread expressing your outrage over the sentence handed
down to a sex offender- and you did. I could suggest another newsgroup
that specializes in the discussion of sexual offenders, rather than
boats, and I did. We both posted "anything we wanted." :-)

If we want a chat room, we have a fine one. If we want a boating
newsgroup, it would be better if most of the discussions had something
to do with boating.


Agreed- and that covers such a huge range of material that
only a boor ever need be bored. People who are genuinely
interested in boats should always be able to both bring
something to the table, and take away somoething to their taste.

Regards
Doug King