On 06 Mar 2004 13:55:31 GMT, (Tom Littleton) wrote:

[a lot of reasonable stuff snipped]

I'll probably get the
predicatable amount of response along the lines of "don't tell me what to
do...",etc, but really couldn't care less. I am not telling anyone what to do,
just hoping that some can find it in their souls to do the right thing, and act
like adults.
Tom

While I agree 100%, I'm afraid that things won't change much for some
cannot challenge another's assertion without going personal, or
respond to an honest, open challenge, without personal commentary. I
doubt that will change. About all the rest can do is to killfile the
thread, (and only the thread) and refrain from joining in. If one
prefers not to killfile the thread because he/she enjoys blood sports,
then don't complain about all the OT & personal crap afterward.

It's blindingly obvious and has been stated a gazillion times: no one
is forced to post anything and no one is forced to read anything.
Intelligent use of one's newsreader client can provide a reasonable
solution to most issues.

About the only problem I see emerging is the apparent slowdown in the
accretion of new "regulars". The newsreader stats posted by Forty
seems to indicate a reduction in new/return posters and the same old,
same old dominating the charts. The seemingly endless internecine
warfare has to be turn-off for newbies. As I said previously, wayno
calls this place Darwinian and Darwin's theories include extinction.


Peter

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