Where do YOU stand?

On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 07:18:42 -0500, Conan The Librarian
wrote:

wrote:

What I find interesting is that anyone would believe that these 10
fairly ambiguous questions could really determine anyone's political
beliefs. The "test" is bull****....I didn't take it either.

I didn't find it ambiguous at all. My problem with it is that it
left no room for shades of gray. I found myself answering each question
with a "well, yes, but ...".


Chuck Vance

Yep. For example, the question on personal use of drugs. In general I
believe that what a person does with their body is their business but
what if we're talking about a drug like PCP which causes such
psychological and neurological damage that the user becomes a danger
to others around him?

g.c.

"Scott Seidman" wrote in message
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jbthwart77 wrote in
:

Pardon me for jumpin in here, but you guys evidently try to scare
eachother and don't realize that this is a Fly Fishing Forum or are
you really just enjoying upsetting people of a different breed.

Like it or not, the history of this group is a little bit off your goals
for this group.

By mutual consent of those who have been participating for 10 years or
so, any topic likely to come up during a fly fishing outing is fair game
here.

Check out http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~jcook/ROFF/ for some details.

This is the way this group has been for ten years. If you don't like it,
you can a) try to change it, or b) go participate in some of the dozens
of other flyfishing discussion groups. One or two will surely be to your
liking.

If you opt for "a", we're all waiting to see your stellar contributions.
("Stellar", by the way, means "outstanding; like a star"). Of course, if
this is the route you take, be aware that those who have actively
contributed for a decade might draw the opinion that you haven't earned
the right to say word one about what goes on here.

--
Scott
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Scott,
I found it best to extract only what you want from this group.
They are very knowledgeable in the art of fly-fishing, as they have answered
a lot of my fishing related questions. The rest of the post I sort of just
glance over and tread the waters very lightly.
-tom

"Tom Nakashima" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
SNIP
Scott,
I found it best to extract only what you want from this group.
They are very knowledgeable in the art of fly-fishing, as they have
answered a lot of my fishing related questions. The rest of the post I
sort of just glance over and tread the waters very lightly.
-tom


Works best if you can actually walk on it!

TL
MC

Tom Nakashima wrote:

I found it best to extract only what you want from this group.

A good idea, given we can't extract whom we might want.....

(Even, in some cases, ourselves.)

JR

In article .com,
says...
...or as Pres Bush says: if you don't stand for anything, you don't
stand for ANYTHING!

http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html


--riverman
(left-leaning libertarian centrist)

No big surprise here, centrist libertarian.
- Ken

Originally Posted by Scott Seidman

jbthwart77 wrote in
:

Pardon me for jumpin in here, but you guys evidently try to scare
eachother and don't realize that this is a Fly Fishing Forum or are
you really just enjoying upsetting people of a different breed.

Like it or not, the history of this group is a little bit off your goals
for this group.

By mutual consent of those who have been participating for 10 years or
so, any topic likely to come up during a fly fishing outing is fair game
here.

Check out http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~jcook/ROFF/ for some details.

This is the way this group has been for ten years. If you don't like it,
you can a) try to change it, or b) go participate in some of the dozens
of other flyfishing discussion groups. One or two will surely be to your
liking.

If you opt for "a", we're all waiting to see your stellar contributions.
("Stellar", by the way, means "outstanding; like a star"). Of course, if
this is the route you take, be aware that those who have actively
contributed for a decade might draw the opinion that you haven't earned
the right to say word one about what goes on here.

--
Scott
Reverse name to reply

I owe an Appology to The Veterans of this News Group,
Here it is I do Appologize, I admit I was wrong by trying to Protect My New Friend when he did'nt need to be.
I read the rules of the Banter 10-3-05 and Did'nt realize you guys are friends also. Doesn't sound like it by the way you speak to one another,
I will stay out of ALL conversations,unless Spoken to first.
Now I realize what It means to Insert Foot.
TimJ, I thought someone was Attacking You and acouple of others and I was only trying to Protect Please Forgive Me. IT Will NOT Happen Again.
It would be comforting to see Peace in this old World,
Again, I Appologize for causing Problems in this Group.

"jbthwart77" wrote in message
...

Tim J. Wrote:
David wrote:-
riverman wrote:-
...or as Pres Bush says: if you don't stand for anything, you don't
stand for ANYTHING!

http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html

--riverman
(left-leaning libertarian centrist)-

Where do I stand? Why after surviving four years in Vietnam in the
military and as a civilian,etc, etc etc but you are not interested in
that, I STAND for NOT posting political or ideological bull**** on a
group ostensibly dedicated to flyfishing! CLEAR?-

What does this have to do with fishing?
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj/
Right on TimJ
sounds like a bunch of wealthy, miserable, VeryUnhappy oldschool,
Nothin to do but bitch about Me Me Me and Mymy, my, and poor mistreated
MMee,MMee and I old Farts

Actually, it isn't so much a mater of VeryUnhappy oldschools bitching about
Me Me Me and Mymy my and MMee MMee and I old Farts as it is listening to Me
Me Me and Mymy my and MMee MMee and I old Farts bitching about God only
knows what. And lemme tell ya, it DOES get tedious after a while!

They sure talk Big and How much you wanna bet theybelong to Racist
orgs.

Well, I, for one, confess to more or less regular contributions to the ACLU.

wait,

O.k........preparing to wait now................waiting. Still
waiting.............

can they spell words that big and uselless????

Um......just how big and uselless would that be?

Ya sound like a bunch of school yard Bullies

Most of us haven't spent enough time around schoolyards in recent years to
be quite sure of what that sounds like. Frankly, some of the guys have
started wondering what it is that keeps you so close to schoolyards for so
much of the time.

what good does it do to
sit around and bitch and moan and grown about somethin you aint got no
control over

Once again bowing to authority, we had kind of hoped you'd tell us.

They must have Grown up somewhere where someone taught Violence
and without Love.

Tsk, tsk, tsk.......what is this world coming to that so many believe
Violence can be taught without Love?

It reminds me of the war thats goin on right now

Hm.......well, I don't mean to seem contentious or anything, but the only
current wars I'm aware of are being conducted with a great deal of Love.
Someday, when none of us have anything better to do, it might be interesting
to delve into what reminds you of which.....and why. Then again, it might
not.

You Guys Have been
Mad about things for so long you dont even know what your mad about
anymore

Still, we ARE made as hell......and we're not going to take it
anymore!......um......whatever it may be.

Now all you can do is have Stupid-ss Spelling Bees to see who thinks
they are the most Intellegent in your case.

In our case, in beer kase, or in a nut case......what difference does it
make?

Trust me, you just aint got nothin in life to look forward to except
your own miserable cofeepot and to make other real people miserable
withyour I I I , Me me,me me me crap.

I won't presume to speak for anyone else here, but MY coffeepot is
exquisitely content.

Pardon me for jumpin in here,

Mmmmmm.......no, maybe not, I think.

but you guys evidently try to scare eachother

And succeed to an almost astonishing degree! Why, I can't think of a single
person in all of ROFF who isn't absolutely terrified of all the others.
However, you shouldn't feel sorry for us. As a matter of fact, this state
of affairs has at least one very positive outcome. Every time any of us get
together (and it happens with a rather puzzling frequency) everyone is so
fearful of getting close to (let alone actually contacting) everyone else
that there is never a problem with crowding......even at the most popular
fishin' holes!

and don't realize that this is a Fly Fishing Forum

A WHAT?!! Oh.......I see......this is why you've gone on at such great
length about all of your fishing adventures......regaling us with one
hilarious and/or instructive tale after another......ainna?

or are
you really just enjoying upsetting people of a different breed.

Should we ever decide to do so, it is comforting to know that there is at
least one person of a different breed available to practice on.

you
sound like you need to get your Panties out of a Bunch

But that would require reaching into the bunch to find one's own........and
some of these guys ain't exactly punctilious about personal hygiene......if
you know what I mean.

Does anyone
agree that these badasses ought to visit a local charity instead of all
the memememememe's,and IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiii's ??

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiii do! IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiii do! Pick
memememememe! Pick mememememememe!

Wollllllllllllllllfgang

"jbthwart77" wrote



( In effect, exact wording mine for bandwith conservation )
I don't like the posts around here because they offend ME"


Really jb, Is "I" and "me" all you can think about? How about some fishing
talk?

"jbthwart77" schrieb im
Newsbeitrag ...
It would be comforting to see Peace in this old World,
Again, I Appologize for causing Problems in this Group.


--
jbthwart77

The nobility of innocence.

Welcome to the group, but don´t expect much comfort.

TL
MC

jbthwart77 wrote in
:

I owe an Appology to The Veterans of this News Group,
Here it is I do Appologize, I admit I was wrong by trying to Protect
My New Friend when he did'nt need to be.
I read the rules of the Banter 10-3-05 and Did'nt realize you guys are
friends also. Doesn't sound like it by the way you speak to one
another,


Don't worry about it at all. You haven't caused problem 1. Hang out for a
while, start up a thread if you're interested, and ask away. Post and
enjoy. If you think about it, there's only so much fly fishing you can
talk about, or read about, over the course of a decade.

Because this is an interesting place to virtually hang out, there's always
a slew of fly fishing experience around. Ask about any technique, gear, or
destination, and you're sure to get a whole slow of that experience (though
it might be as "interesting" as what you've been reading so far!).

--
Scott
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