Ken Fortenberry wrote:

I don't think it's trivial and I don't bicker just to bicker
even during cabin fever season.

First of all, I did not single you or anyone else out in this
matter....but from what I've seen and since you were the first to
pipe-up about this, it SEEMS that you truely do get your jollies from
arguing....look at your past posts to see for yourself.
I truly believe that commercial
advertising in rec.* groups diminishes their usefulness and
undermines what it is they are supposed to be about. We are
here to share information, not to be inundated with commercials.

And Rodney's post about his new hook design and Joe's offer to give a
substantial discount on his product "diminished" this group how? By
educating you and giving you a chance at purchasing an item at a great
discount? I see how detrimental this is... I really fail to see how
these posts are bad for OUR group........

So people who don't want to be SPAMmed on a non-commercial
newsgroup should ignore SPAM posts but people who don't like
complaints about SPAM should feel free to fire away ? I mean,
why didn't *you* just ignore the SPAM complaints ? Another
example of do as I say, not as I do.

I did not say that I didn't ignore most of the posts...but when they
make up over 75% of the weekly posts, I wanted to see what all the
commotion was about.......and I didn't complain about them, just merely
stated what I perceived (yup, "i" before "e" except after "c") to be
most complainers opinion. Maybe I perceived wrong.......



In my opinion SPAM is much worse than the occasional swear
word but I have reported the so-called Illinois Fisherman to
his ISP although I kinda doubt anything will ever come of it.

Report him for what???? It seems to me that he was reposting public
information that YOU wrote on a public newsgroup. I guess anyone can be
the ROFB netcop.


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I'm amazed that the anti-Advertisement posters use the 'waste of
bandwidth' argument to backup their point, all the while, wasting
hundred's of times the bandwidth to make the point.

See above...


That's not one of *my* arguments. I'm quite happy to post SPAM
complaints here all day long without worrying one whit about
bandwidth.

My personal opinion is, you are content to complain about ANYTHING all
day long (since you brought yourself into this).


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Also, IS it really important to point out someones
gramatical/spelling errors?

Important ? No. But when someone calls me an Idiot in the same
post that he misspells pompous the irony is too delicious to
ignore. ;-)

Again, I wasn't specifically pointing to one instance or one person.
I've seen new group users get crucified because they left the caps lock
on, misused it's, its and its', etc. What I'm saying is, we can argue
about anything (even arguing) if we want. I'd much rather see a post
about a new product or a special on a product than listen to you girls
argue........

I would hope that this newsgroup is about learning, teaching and
fellowship, not tearing each other down. In the words of Rodney King:
"Can't we all get along?"
Jack
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Jack Dalzell
www.jdbass.com under "destruction"
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