Lurked through the boatered site a few minutes ago.

Some of the threads there are not that much different than here. Some guy put
up a question about licensing boaters, and there are no end of conservative
posts
slamming CT. and other states for being "under Clinton's big-government
influence" etc.

Less Hall, the moderator, chimed in to scold the poster suggesting that a
minimum education standard might be a good thing with a smart-ass remark along
the general line of, "with all the good stuff you have posted here, why would
you post this liberal rant?"

All the folks clamoring for a moderated group- go take a look see. All you wind
up with is a group that generally reflects the politics and prejudices of the
moderator.

On 10 Nov 2003 05:28:34 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

Lurked through the boatered site a few minutes ago.

Some of the threads there are not that much different than here. Some guy put
up a question about licensing boaters, and there are no end of conservative
posts
slamming CT. and other states for being "under Clinton's big-government
influence" etc.

Less Hall, the moderator, chimed in to scold the poster suggesting that a
minimum education standard might be a good thing with a smart-ass remark along
the general line of, "with all the good stuff you have posted here, why would
you post this liberal rant?"

All the folks clamoring for a moderated group- go take a look see. All you wind
up with is a group that generally reflects the politics and prejudices of the
moderator.

Moderation is really no panacea.

What it takes is basic decency and courtesy--and a concensus that the newsgoup
can be better than it is absent the kind of ongoing vituperation arising from
these "political discussions."

Joe Parsons

You are very mistaken here. Look more closely. Boatered is not
moderated, it is censored. I believe it is owned as well as
sponsored by Boatfix.com. If you found something on the internet
that you think other boaters should know about, it had better be
at Boatfix or don't bother posting about it. This was certainly
the impression I was left with and why I left so soon.

If you want to see a good boating site that is moderated and not
censored, go to TheHullTruth.com. Good site, but I actually do
prefer newsgroups for discussion types of forums.


-JimL


Gould 0738 wrote:
Lurked through the boatered site a few minutes ago.

Some of the threads there are not that much different than here. Some guy put
up a question about licensing boaters, and there are no end of conservative
posts
slamming CT. and other states for being "under Clinton's big-government
influence" etc.

Less Hall, the moderator, chimed in to scold the poster suggesting that a
minimum education standard might be a good thing with a smart-ass remark along
the general line of, "with all the good stuff you have posted here, why would
you post this liberal rant?"

All the folks clamoring for a moderated group- go take a look see. All you wind
up with is a group that generally reflects the politics and prejudices of the
moderator.

All I can say bout this is...
The last thing I want to goto is a commercial site, and the next to
last is a political site, Being a webtver I don't have the option of
killfile, and wouldn't want it, Because everyone has some good/bad
boating advice to give now+then. I'm at liberty to look at all of it
here, whether I like it or not, "It's Free"
UD



http://community.webtv.net/capuglyda...inUglyDansJack

Gould 0738 wrote:
Lurked through the boatered site a few minutes ago.

Some of the threads there are not that much different than here. Some guy put
up a question about licensing boaters, and there are no end of conservative
posts
slamming CT. and other states for being "under Clinton's big-government
influence" etc.

Less Hall, the moderator, chimed in to scold the poster suggesting that a
minimum education standard might be a good thing with a smart-ass remark along
the general line of, "with all the good stuff you have posted here, why would
you post this liberal rant?"

All the folks clamoring for a moderated group- go take a look see. All you wind
up with is a group that generally reflects the politics and prejudices of the
moderator.



Boatered is still operating?


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Boatered is still operating?

To a degree.

What an interesting study in how a highly disciplined group structure
ultimately decays to reflect the personal prejudices of the moderator.

I used to post there on rare occasion. At first, there was no political
discussion. Everything was on-topic, and the biggest annoyance was the non-stop
spamming for the moderator's commercial activities.

About two years ago, the tone changed.
Suddenly, there were a fair number of political commentaries and most of them
were conservative. I challenged one of the more outrageous conservative
statements, only to find my post deleted later the same day and my posting
"privileges" cancelled.
The reason? "Political commentary is not allowed on the group." Reading between
the lines: "political commentary that does not agree with the site owner and
moderator's philosophy is not allowed....."
Sounds like some folks' version of Nirvana, doesn't it?

During my last brief visit, (they are extremely infrequent), there were a few
dissenting opinions, but dissenting opinions on a forum with an obvious agenda
are always a joke. It's like listening to right wing radio. Once in a while,
the
host will take a call from some poor schmuck wearing his Don Quixote armor
and sitting astride his philosophical plow horse. Any "liberals" allowed on
such shows have to go through the screener before being allowed on the air, and
(miracle of miracles) only a few liberals with poorly developed arguments,
irritating whiny voices, and maybe even a speech impediment that involves
excessive stammering and stuttering ever manage to get through.

After the liberal is shredded by the host, (who will simply hang up when and if
the liberal starts to make a point too effectively), the closing comment is
usually along the line of, "There. See how *all* these people think? You think
we're hard on liberals on this show? Calls like that just prove our point! What
a waste, that our brave men and women in Iraq are dying everyday to help our
heroic president defend free speech in America when we trun around and see the
privilege being so abused by the leftist Socialists!"

Be sure that any thoughts or opinions presented by somebody other than a
conservative on boatered are not very well presented......or they would have
been "edited" out.

In article , gould0738
@aol.com says...
Boatered is still operating?

To a degree.

What an interesting study in how a highly disciplined group structure
ultimately decays to reflect the personal prejudices of the moderator.

30s Germany?

"jps" wrote in message
30s Germany?

Hey Wally, doesn't this statement invoke Godwin's Law?

"Joe" wrote in message
...

"jps" wrote in message
30s Germany?

Hey Wally, doesn't this statement invoke Godwin's Law?

Yeah, and it came from the left liberal press and whatever other source you
can cite to discount the point based on your inability to argue the point.

It happened during plenty of other periods in history.

"jps" wrote in message
...
"Joe" wrote in message
...

"jps" wrote in message
30s Germany?

Hey Wally, doesn't this statement invoke Godwin's Law?

Yeah, and it came from the left liberal press and whatever other source
you
can cite to discount the point based on your inability to argue the point.

It happened during plenty of other periods in history.



Was I talking to you?