I've never seen such a bunch of back-biting, and backstabbing amongst adults since this place went to the dogs a couple years ago. It used to be a fine boating group then it turned into a another run-of-the-mill political hash forum. Then. came the insults from the frequent subscribers here.

What happens to grown people anyhow? Phrases flying around like 'he's a pedophile' 'he started it' 'you're a liar', 'your son's a drunk' 'your a pot head', 'he's a racist' 'he's a liberal' 'your a right-wing, religious kook/ christian fundie'' you do what FOX' tell you to do' 'you're endangering your daughter' ' your a bunch of homophobes' 'you couldn't get a job if you had to' you couldn't get into college so you went to the military'


blah, blah, blah.....

I don't know why this is going on. There's a lot of opposing views here concerning politics. I guess that's fine, but does that mean it's OK to have verbal ****ings contest on maturity levels that wouldn't impress an 8 year old? Some here may think so, and I may be blind or gullible, but I can't see it.

I've had pleasnt conversations with JohnH, Don White, Loogie, Greg, BAR,Scott Ingersoll, Wayne, Rich, Bob Puharic, Tom Francis, and a few others in quite the past. This isn't counting a host of great email exchanges with the same companies. I've never been disappointed with the personal friendships I've made due to rec.boats. In fact, people can be a lot of fun when you get to know them personally. I just have never seen why the same people would get together daily for a USENET jousting match.

Doesn't this ever get tiresome?

Oh, and concerning people 'missing' derogatory posts, where maybe they 'conveniently' didn't see someone insulting another? That can happen. I don't live on here some 12 to 24 hours a day and am becoming more frequently vacant because I find myself wanting to do a lot more productive things than waste my life on here so, I don't see EVERY post that's made, or open every thread that's started. And I'm sure there are others who don't either. And if I do,I can do one of two things, dive into the fray... or ignore it and move on.

I suppose in summary I'm just saying, can't y'all treat each with some civility? If so the I'm sure rec.boats (if not the world) would be a lot better place.

Later.

On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:34:11 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:



I've never seen such a bunch of back-biting, and backstabbing amongst adults since this place went to the dogs a couple years ago. It used to be a fine boating group then it turned into a another run-of-the-mill political hash forum. Then. came the insults from the frequent subscribers here.

What happens to grown people anyhow? Phrases flying around like 'he's a pedophile' 'he started it' 'you're a liar', 'your son's a drunk' 'your a pot head', 'he's a racist' 'he's a liberal' 'your a right-wing, religious kook/ christian fundie'' you do what FOX' tell you to do' 'you're endangering your daughter' ' your a bunch of homophobes' 'you couldn't get a job if you had to' you couldn't get into college so you went to the military'


blah, blah, blah.....

I don't know why this is going on. There's a lot of opposing views here concerning politics. I guess that's fine, but does that mean it's OK to have verbal ****ings contest on maturity levels that wouldn't impress an 8 year old? Some here may think so, and I may be blind or gullible, but I can't see it.

I've had pleasnt conversations with JohnH, Don White, Loogie, Greg, BAR,Scott Ingersoll, Wayne, Rich, Bob Puharic, Tom Francis, and a few others in quite the past. This isn't counting a host of great email exchanges with the same companies. I've never been disappointed with the personal friendships I've made due to rec.boats. In fact, people can be a lot of fun when you get to know them personally. I just have never seen why the same people would get together daily for a USENET jousting match.

Doesn't this ever get tiresome?

Oh, and concerning people 'missing' derogatory posts, where maybe they 'conveniently' didn't see someone insulting another? That can happen. I don't live on here some 12 to 24 hours a day and am becoming more frequently vacant because I find myself wanting to do a lot more productive things than waste my life on here so, I don't see EVERY post that's made, or open every thread that's started. And I'm sure there are others who don't either. And if I do,I can do one of two things, dive into the fray... or ignore it and move on.

I suppose in summary I'm just saying, can't y'all treat each with some civility? If so the I'm sure rec.boats (if not the world) would be a lot better place.

Later.

===

You're right. It is getting old.

On 9/17/13 7:40 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:34:11 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:



I've never seen such a bunch of back-biting, and backstabbing amongst adults since this place went to the dogs a couple years ago. It used to be a fine boating group then it turned into a another run-of-the-mill political hash forum. Then. came the insults from the frequent subscribers here.

What happens to grown people anyhow? Phrases flying around like 'he's a pedophile' 'he started it' 'you're a liar', 'your son's a drunk' 'your a pot head', 'he's a racist' 'he's a liberal' 'your a right-wing, religious kook/ christian fundie'' you do what FOX' tell you to do' 'you're endangering your daughter' ' your a bunch of homophobes' 'you couldn't get a job if you had to' you couldn't get into college so you went to the military'


blah, blah, blah.....

I don't know why this is going on. There's a lot of opposing views here concerning politics. I guess that's fine, but does that mean it's OK to have verbal ****ings contest on maturity levels that wouldn't impress an 8 year old? Some here may think so, and I may be blind or gullible, but I can't see it.

I've had pleasnt conversations with JohnH, Don White, Loogie, Greg, BAR,Scott Ingersoll, Wayne, Rich, Bob Puharic, Tom Francis, and a few others in quite the past. This isn't counting a host of great email exchanges with the same companies. I've never been disappointed with the personal friendships I've made due to rec.boats. In fact, people can be a lot of fun when you get to know them personally. I just have never seen why the same people would get together daily for a USENET jousting match.

Doesn't this ever get tiresome?

Oh, and concerning people 'missing' derogatory posts, where maybe they 'conveniently' didn't see someone insulting another? That can happen. I don't live on here some 12 to 24 hours a day and am becoming more frequently vacant because I find myself wanting to do a lot more productive things than waste my life on here so, I don't see EVERY post that's made, or open every thread that's started. And I'm sure there are others who don't either. And if I do,I can do one of two things, dive into the fray... or ignore it and move on.

I suppose in summary I'm just saying, can't y'all treat each with some civility? If so the I'm sure rec.boats (if not the world) would be a lot better place.

Later.

===

You're right. It is getting old.


Well, Wayne, *you* could stop. But you won't, right?

On 9/16/13 11:34 PM, Tim wrote:


I've never seen such a bunch of back-biting, and backstabbing amongst adults since this place went to the dogs a couple years ago. It used to be a fine boating group then it turned into a another run-of-the-mill political hash forum. Then. came the insults from the frequent subscribers here.

What happens to grown people anyhow? Phrases flying around like 'he's a pedophile' 'he started it' 'you're a liar', 'your son's a drunk' 'your a pot head', 'he's a racist' 'he's a liberal' 'your a right-wing, religious kook/ christian fundie'' you do what FOX' tell you to do' 'you're endangering your daughter' ' your a bunch of homophobes' 'you couldn't get a job if you had to' you couldn't get into college so you went to the military'


blah, blah, blah.....

I don't know why this is going on. There's a lot of opposing views here concerning politics. I guess that's fine, but does that mean it's OK to have verbal ****ings contest on maturity levels that wouldn't impress an 8 year old? Some here may think so, and I may be blind or gullible, but I can't see it.

I've had pleasnt conversations with JohnH, Don White, Loogie, Greg, BAR,Scott Ingersoll, Wayne, Rich, Bob Puharic, Tom Francis, and a few others in quite the past. This isn't counting a host of great email exchanges with the same companies. I've never been disappointed with the personal friendships I've made due to rec.boats. In fact, people can be a lot of fun when you get to know them personally. I just have never seen why the same people would get together daily for a USENET jousting match.

Doesn't this ever get tiresome?

Oh, and concerning people 'missing' derogatory posts, where maybe they 'conveniently' didn't see someone insulting another? That can happen. I don't live on here some 12 to 24 hours a day and am becoming more frequently vacant because I find myself wanting to do a lot more productive things than waste my life on here so, I don't see EVERY post that's made, or open every thread that's started. And I'm sure there are others who don't either. And if I do,I can do one of two things, dive into the fray... or ignore it and move on.

I suppose in summary I'm just saying, can't y'all treat each with some civility? If so the I'm sure rec.boats (if not the world) would be a lot better place.

Later.


Simple solution, Tim. Talk your out of control righty friends here into
behaving in a civil fashion and the atmosphere will improve. There are
only two or three left of center *regular* posters here, and most of the
rest are far to the right and are upset that we couple of lefties won't
buy into the porridge they are selling, so they get snarky about it.
Naturally, we respond, but we are outnumbered at least 10 to one, eh?
You'd think by now they'd figure out they aren't going to assimilate us.

This newsgroup is pretty much cleaned up for me, because I've put most
of the right-wing assholes into my filter bin, from which they will
never emerge. This means I don't even see at least 90% of their posts.
So that not only cuts down on their vomitus, it cuts down on the number
of posts to read. A real win-win. I do keep Ingersoll out of the bin
because I think he out of control and potentially dangerous and it might
prove important to keep an eye on him.

You want a better newsgroup? Don't whine about it: make it happen. You
know what to do. Everyone likes you.

"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
m...

On 9/16/13 11:34 PM, Tim wrote:


I've never seen such a bunch of back-biting, and backstabbing
amongst adults since this place went to the dogs a couple years ago.
It used to be a fine boating group then it turned into a another
run-of-the-mill political hash forum. Then. came the insults from
the frequent subscribers here.

What happens to grown people anyhow? Phrases flying around like
'he's a pedophile' 'he started it' 'you're a liar', 'your son's a
drunk' 'your a pot head', 'he's a racist' 'he's a liberal' 'your a
right-wing, religious kook/ christian fundie'' you do what FOX' tell
you to do' 'you're endangering your daughter' ' your a bunch of
homophobes' 'you couldn't get a job if you had to' you couldn't get
into college so you went to the military'


blah, blah, blah.....

I don't know why this is going on. There's a lot of opposing views
here concerning politics. I guess that's fine, but does that mean
it's OK to have verbal ****ings contest on maturity levels that
wouldn't impress an 8 year old? Some here may think so, and I may be
blind or gullible, but I can't see it.

I've had pleasnt conversations with JohnH, Don White, Loogie, Greg,
BAR,Scott Ingersoll, Wayne, Rich, Bob Puharic, Tom Francis, and a
few others in quite the past. This isn't counting a host of great
email exchanges with the same companies. I've never been
disappointed with the personal friendships I've made due to
rec.boats. In fact, people can be a lot of fun when you get to know
them personally. I just have never seen why the same people would
get together daily for a USENET jousting match.

Doesn't this ever get tiresome?

Oh, and concerning people 'missing' derogatory posts, where maybe
they 'conveniently' didn't see someone insulting another? That can
happen. I don't live on here some 12 to 24 hours a day and am
becoming more frequently vacant because I find myself wanting to do
a lot more productive things than waste my life on here so, I don't
see EVERY post that's made, or open every thread that's started.
And I'm sure there are others who don't either. And if I do,I can
do one of two things, dive into the fray... or ignore it and move
on.

I suppose in summary I'm just saying, can't y'all treat each with
some civility? If so the I'm sure rec.boats (if not the world) would
be a lot better place.

Later.


Simple solution, Tim. Talk your out of control righty friends here
into
behaving in a civil fashion and the atmosphere will improve. There are
only two or three left of center *regular* posters here, and most of
the
rest are far to the right and are upset that we couple of lefties
won't
buy into the porridge they are selling, so they get snarky about it.
Naturally, we respond, but we are outnumbered at least 10 to one, eh?
You'd think by now they'd figure out they aren't going to assimilate
us.

This newsgroup is pretty much cleaned up for me, because I've put most
of the right-wing assholes into my filter bin, from which they will
never emerge. This means I don't even see at least 90% of their posts.
So that not only cuts down on their vomitus, it cuts down on the
number
of posts to read. A real win-win. I do keep Ingersoll out of the bin
because I think he out of control and potentially dangerous and it
might
prove important to keep an eye on him.

You want a better newsgroup? Don't whine about it: make it happen. You
know what to do. Everyone likes you.

--------------------------------

Out of respect for Tim's post, I am painfully biting my tongue.

On 9/17/2013 7:50 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
m...

On 9/16/13 11:34 PM, Tim wrote:


I've never seen such a bunch of back-biting, and backstabbing amongst
adults since this place went to the dogs a couple years ago. It used
to be a fine boating group then it turned into a another
run-of-the-mill political hash forum. Then. came the insults from the
frequent subscribers here.

What happens to grown people anyhow? Phrases flying around like 'he's
a pedophile' 'he started it' 'you're a liar', 'your son's a drunk'
'your a pot head', 'he's a racist' 'he's a liberal' 'your a
right-wing, religious kook/ christian fundie'' you do what FOX' tell
you to do' 'you're endangering your daughter' ' your a bunch of
homophobes' 'you couldn't get a job if you had to' you couldn't get
into college so you went to the military'


blah, blah, blah.....

I don't know why this is going on. There's a lot of opposing views
here concerning politics. I guess that's fine, but does that mean it's
OK to have verbal ****ings contest on maturity levels that wouldn't
impress an 8 year old? Some here may think so, and I may be blind or
gullible, but I can't see it.

I've had pleasnt conversations with JohnH, Don White, Loogie, Greg,
BAR,Scott Ingersoll, Wayne, Rich, Bob Puharic, Tom Francis, and a few
others in quite the past. This isn't counting a host of great email
exchanges with the same companies. I've never been disappointed with
the personal friendships I've made due to rec.boats. In fact, people
can be a lot of fun when you get to know them personally. I just have
never seen why the same people would get together daily for a USENET
jousting match.

Doesn't this ever get tiresome?

Oh, and concerning people 'missing' derogatory posts, where maybe they
'conveniently' didn't see someone insulting another? That can happen.
I don't live on here some 12 to 24 hours a day and am becoming more
frequently vacant because I find myself wanting to do a lot more
productive things than waste my life on here so, I don't see EVERY
post that's made, or open every thread that's started. And I'm sure
there are others who don't either. And if I do,I can do one of two
things, dive into the fray... or ignore it and move on.

I suppose in summary I'm just saying, can't y'all treat each with some
civility? If so the I'm sure rec.boats (if not the world) would be a
lot better place.

Later.


Simple solution, Tim. Talk your out of control righty friends here into
behaving in a civil fashion and the atmosphere will improve. There are
only two or three left of center *regular* posters here, and most of the
rest are far to the right and are upset that we couple of lefties won't
buy into the porridge they are selling, so they get snarky about it.
Naturally, we respond, but we are outnumbered at least 10 to one, eh?
You'd think by now they'd figure out they aren't going to assimilate us.

This newsgroup is pretty much cleaned up for me, because I've put most
of the right-wing assholes into my filter bin, from which they will
never emerge. This means I don't even see at least 90% of their posts.
So that not only cuts down on their vomitus, it cuts down on the number
of posts to read. A real win-win. I do keep Ingersoll out of the bin
because I think he out of control and potentially dangerous and it might
prove important to keep an eye on him.

You want a better newsgroup? Don't whine about it: make it happen. You
know what to do. Everyone likes you.

--------------------------------

Out of respect for Tim's post, I am painfully biting my tongue.


Harry will torment you until you are forced to unbite your tongue.
Tick...tick...tick ;-)

On 9/17/13 7:50 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:


"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
m...

On 9/16/13 11:34 PM, Tim wrote:


I've never seen such a bunch of back-biting, and backstabbing amongst
adults since this place went to the dogs a couple years ago. It used
to be a fine boating group then it turned into a another
run-of-the-mill political hash forum. Then. came the insults from the
frequent subscribers here.

What happens to grown people anyhow? Phrases flying around like 'he's
a pedophile' 'he started it' 'you're a liar', 'your son's a drunk'
'your a pot head', 'he's a racist' 'he's a liberal' 'your a
right-wing, religious kook/ christian fundie'' you do what FOX' tell
you to do' 'you're endangering your daughter' ' your a bunch of
homophobes' 'you couldn't get a job if you had to' you couldn't get
into college so you went to the military'


blah, blah, blah.....

I don't know why this is going on. There's a lot of opposing views
here concerning politics. I guess that's fine, but does that mean it's
OK to have verbal ****ings contest on maturity levels that wouldn't
impress an 8 year old? Some here may think so, and I may be blind or
gullible, but I can't see it.

I've had pleasnt conversations with JohnH, Don White, Loogie, Greg,
BAR,Scott Ingersoll, Wayne, Rich, Bob Puharic, Tom Francis, and a few
others in quite the past. This isn't counting a host of great email
exchanges with the same companies. I've never been disappointed with
the personal friendships I've made due to rec.boats. In fact, people
can be a lot of fun when you get to know them personally. I just have
never seen why the same people would get together daily for a USENET
jousting match.

Doesn't this ever get tiresome?

Oh, and concerning people 'missing' derogatory posts, where maybe they
'conveniently' didn't see someone insulting another? That can happen.
I don't live on here some 12 to 24 hours a day and am becoming more
frequently vacant because I find myself wanting to do a lot more
productive things than waste my life on here so, I don't see EVERY
post that's made, or open every thread that's started. And I'm sure
there are others who don't either. And if I do,I can do one of two
things, dive into the fray... or ignore it and move on.

I suppose in summary I'm just saying, can't y'all treat each with some
civility? If so the I'm sure rec.boats (if not the world) would be a
lot better place.

Later.


Simple solution, Tim. Talk your out of control righty friends here into
behaving in a civil fashion and the atmosphere will improve. There are
only two or three left of center *regular* posters here, and most of the
rest are far to the right and are upset that we couple of lefties won't
buy into the porridge they are selling, so they get snarky about it.
Naturally, we respond, but we are outnumbered at least 10 to one, eh?
You'd think by now they'd figure out they aren't going to assimilate us.

This newsgroup is pretty much cleaned up for me, because I've put most
of the right-wing assholes into my filter bin, from which they will
never emerge. This means I don't even see at least 90% of their posts.
So that not only cuts down on their vomitus, it cuts down on the number
of posts to read. A real win-win. I do keep Ingersoll out of the bin
because I think he out of control and potentially dangerous and it might
prove important to keep an eye on him.

You want a better newsgroup? Don't whine about it: make it happen. You
know what to do. Everyone likes you.

--------------------------------

Out of respect for Tim's post, I am painfully biting my tongue.



I didn't include you or Tim in the group of right-wing assholes.

On Tuesday, September 17, 2013 6:41:10 AM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 9/16/13 11:34 PM, Tim wrote:





I've never seen such a bunch of back-biting, and backstabbing amongst adults since this place went to the dogs a couple years ago. It used to be a fine boating group then it turned into a another run-of-the-mill political hash forum. Then. came the insults from the frequent subscribers here.



What happens to grown people anyhow? Phrases flying around like 'he's a pedophile' 'he started it' 'you're a liar', 'your son's a drunk' 'your a pot head', 'he's a racist' 'he's a liberal' 'your a right-wing, religious kook/ christian fundie'' you do what FOX' tell you to do' 'you're endangering your daughter' ' your a bunch of homophobes' 'you couldn't get a job if you had to' you couldn't get into college so you went to the military'





blah, blah, blah.....



I don't know why this is going on. There's a lot of opposing views here concerning politics. I guess that's fine, but does that mean it's OK to have verbal ****ings contest on maturity levels that wouldn't impress an 8 year old? Some here may think so, and I may be blind or gullible, but I can't see it.



I've had pleasnt conversations with JohnH, Don White, Loogie, Greg, BAR,Scott Ingersoll, Wayne, Rich, Bob Puharic, Tom Francis, and a few others in quite the past. This isn't counting a host of great email exchanges with the same companies. I've never been disappointed with the personal friendships I've made due to rec.boats. In fact, people can be a lot of fun when you get to know them personally. I just have never seen why the same people would get together daily for a USENET jousting match.



Doesn't this ever get tiresome?



Oh, and concerning people 'missing' derogatory posts, where maybe they 'conveniently' didn't see someone insulting another? That can happen. I don't live on here some 12 to 24 hours a day and am becoming more frequently vacant because I find myself wanting to do a lot more productive things than waste my life on here so, I don't see EVERY post that's made, or open every thread that's started. And I'm sure there are others who don't either. And if I do,I can do one of two things, dive into the fray... or ignore it and move on.



I suppose in summary I'm just saying, can't y'all treat each with some civility? If so the I'm sure rec.boats (if not the world) would be a lot better place.



Later.





Simple solution, Tim. Talk your out of control righty friends here into

behaving in a civil fashion and the atmosphere will improve. There are

only two or three left of center *regular* posters here, and most of the

rest are far to the right and are upset that we couple of lefties won't

buy into the porridge they are selling, so they get snarky about it.

Naturally, we respond, but we are outnumbered at least 10 to one, eh?

You'd think by now they'd figure out they aren't going to assimilate us.



This newsgroup is pretty much cleaned up for me, because I've put most

of the right-wing assholes into my filter bin, from which they will

never emerge. This means I don't even see at least 90% of their posts.

So that not only cuts down on their vomitus, it cuts down on the number

of posts to read. A real win-win. I do keep Ingersoll out of the bin

because I think he out of control and potentially dangerous and it might

prove important to keep an eye on him.


Oh cut it out

On 9/17/13 8:08 AM, Tim wrote:
On Tuesday, September 17, 2013 6:41:10 AM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 9/16/13 11:34 PM, Tim wrote:





I've never seen such a bunch of back-biting, and backstabbing amongst adults since this place went to the dogs a couple years ago. It used to be a fine boating group then it turned into a another run-of-the-mill political hash forum. Then. came the insults from the frequent subscribers here.



What happens to grown people anyhow? Phrases flying around like 'he's a pedophile' 'he started it' 'you're a liar', 'your son's a drunk' 'your a pot head', 'he's a racist' 'he's a liberal' 'your a right-wing, religious kook/ christian fundie'' you do what FOX' tell you to do' 'you're endangering your daughter' ' your a bunch of homophobes' 'you couldn't get a job if you had to' you couldn't get into college so you went to the military'





blah, blah, blah.....



I don't know why this is going on. There's a lot of opposing views here concerning politics. I guess that's fine, but does that mean it's OK to have verbal ****ings contest on maturity levels that wouldn't impress an 8 year old? Some here may think so, and I may be blind or gullible, but I can't see it.



I've had pleasnt conversations with JohnH, Don White, Loogie, Greg, BAR,Scott Ingersoll, Wayne, Rich, Bob Puharic, Tom Francis, and a few others in quite the past. This isn't counting a host of great email exchanges with the same companies. I've never been disappointed with the personal friendships I've made due to rec.boats. In fact, people can be a lot of fun when you get to know them personally. I just have never seen why the same people would get together daily for a USENET jousting match.



Doesn't this ever get tiresome?



Oh, and concerning people 'missing' derogatory posts, where maybe they 'conveniently' didn't see someone insulting another? That can happen. I don't live on here some 12 to 24 hours a day and am becoming more frequently vacant because I find myself wanting to do a lot more productive things than waste my life on here so, I don't see EVERY post that's made, or open every thread that's started. And I'm sure there are others who don't either. And if I do,I can do one of two things, dive into the fray... or ignore it and move on.



I suppose in summary I'm just saying, can't y'all treat each with some civility? If so the I'm sure rec.boats (if not the world) would be a lot better place.



Later.





Simple solution, Tim. Talk your out of control righty friends here into

behaving in a civil fashion and the atmosphere will improve. There are

only two or three left of center *regular* posters here, and most of the

rest are far to the right and are upset that we couple of lefties won't

buy into the porridge they are selling, so they get snarky about it.

Naturally, we respond, but we are outnumbered at least 10 to one, eh?

You'd think by now they'd figure out they aren't going to assimilate us.



This newsgroup is pretty much cleaned up for me, because I've put most

of the right-wing assholes into my filter bin, from which they will

never emerge. This means I don't even see at least 90% of their posts.

So that not only cuts down on their vomitus, it cuts down on the number

of posts to read. A real win-win. I do keep Ingersoll out of the bin

because I think he out of control and potentially dangerous and it might

prove important to keep an eye on him.


Oh cut it out


Just a wee taste of reality, Tim. Get control of your bro's here and see
what happens. You know who the offensive ones are. I already ignore most
of them.

On 9/17/2013 8:08 AM, Tim wrote:
On Tuesday, September 17, 2013 6:41:10 AM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 9/16/13 11:34 PM, Tim wrote:





I've never seen such a bunch of back-biting, and backstabbing amongst adults since this place went to the dogs a couple years ago. It used to be a fine boating group then it turned into a another run-of-the-mill political hash forum. Then. came the insults from the frequent subscribers here.



What happens to grown people anyhow? Phrases flying around like 'he's a pedophile' 'he started it' 'you're a liar', 'your son's a drunk' 'your a pot head', 'he's a racist' 'he's a liberal' 'your a right-wing, religious kook/ christian fundie'' you do what FOX' tell you to do' 'you're endangering your daughter' ' your a bunch of homophobes' 'you couldn't get a job if you had to' you couldn't get into college so you went to the military'





blah, blah, blah.....



I don't know why this is going on. There's a lot of opposing views here concerning politics. I guess that's fine, but does that mean it's OK to have verbal ****ings contest on maturity levels that wouldn't impress an 8 year old? Some here may think so, and I may be blind or gullible, but I can't see it.



I've had pleasnt conversations with JohnH, Don White, Loogie, Greg, BAR,Scott Ingersoll, Wayne, Rich, Bob Puharic, Tom Francis, and a few others in quite the past. This isn't counting a host of great email exchanges with the same companies. I've never been disappointed with the personal friendships I've made due to rec.boats. In fact, people can be a lot of fun when you get to know them personally. I just have never seen why the same people would get together daily for a USENET jousting match.



Doesn't this ever get tiresome?



Oh, and concerning people 'missing' derogatory posts, where maybe they 'conveniently' didn't see someone insulting another? That can happen. I don't live on here some 12 to 24 hours a day and am becoming more frequently vacant because I find myself wanting to do a lot more productive things than waste my life on here so, I don't see EVERY post that's made, or open every thread that's started. And I'm sure there are others who don't either. And if I do,I can do one of two things, dive into the fray... or ignore it and move on.



I suppose in summary I'm just saying, can't y'all treat each with some civility? If so the I'm sure rec.boats (if not the world) would be a lot better place.



Later.





Simple solution, Tim. Talk your out of control righty friends here into

behaving in a civil fashion and the atmosphere will improve. There are

only two or three left of center *regular* posters here, and most of the

rest are far to the right and are upset that we couple of lefties won't

buy into the porridge they are selling, so they get snarky about it.

Naturally, we respond, but we are outnumbered at least 10 to one, eh?

You'd think by now they'd figure out they aren't going to assimilate us.



This newsgroup is pretty much cleaned up for me, because I've put most

of the right-wing assholes into my filter bin, from which they will

never emerge. This means I don't even see at least 90% of their posts.

So that not only cuts down on their vomitus, it cuts down on the number

of posts to read. A real win-win. I do keep Ingersoll out of the bin

because I think he out of control and potentially dangerous and it might

prove important to keep an eye on him.


Oh cut it out


Don't you wish he would?