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And yet *you* still read ROFF. :-)
- Ken

That's MY boy. I learnt him everything what he knows!

Wolfgang
jist BUSTIN' with pride!

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Kick back
and enjoy the best, hottest, freshest flyfishing content on the web.

this is sad.
Tom

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Opus wrote:
"Anonymous" wrote ...
A long time ago now, it was normal for folks on here to be helpful and
friendly. OK, there was some flaming, but mostly only to folks who
deserved it. Now it seems that everybody gets flamed, or even
persecuted,
for no reason at all.

This group may have been the "only show in town" at one time, but
there
are plenty of nice places on the web now, nobody needs to come here
and
listen to the ranting. This group will slowly die out, as the main
perpetrators, who would not be allowed to post anywhere else anyway,
folks like Fortenberry and Wolfgang, continue their destructive
behavior.

This is a good thing too. Lots of anglers are helpful friendly folks,
as
are a lot of Americans, and this place just gets us all a bad name.


It's called natural selection. You can live with ROFF, or die without
it,
it's your choice.

What a MAROON!

Op

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TBone

Why on earth would I want to do that, when I'm perfectly happy where I am?

Op

"Opus" wrote

It's called natural selection.


I've seen "natural selection" used many times over the last few years to
help describe/explain how some people manage to stick around here, i.e. some
'evolve' to tolerate it.

I think it's probably a reasonably accurate model, just like some creatures
can 'evolve' to tolerate polluted waters that would quickly kill a Brook
Trout, some people can tolerate more ROFF than others. But any attempt to
make either 'evolved' creature, the polution tolerant scum dweller or the
ROFFian, somehow seem "better" than the "non-evolved" Brook Trout or human
creature that demands more a more pristine environment is, imho, simply
silly ...

Larry L wrote:
"Opus" wrote

It's called natural selection.


I've seen "natural selection" used many times over the last few years to
help describe/explain how some people manage to stick around here, i.e. some
'evolve' to tolerate it.

I think it's probably a reasonably accurate model, just like some creatures
can 'evolve' to tolerate polluted waters that would quickly kill a Brook
Trout, some people can tolerate more ROFF than others.

Wrong! It's not a model at all. It's what ya call yer hackneyed
"metaphor". Individual organisms don't evolve at all in the Darwinian
sense. Species do.....individuals don't. They live long enough to
breed.....or they don't. Unfortunately, not enough of them don't. Oh
well, that's life.

But any attempt to
make either 'evolved' creature, the polution tolerant scum dweller or the
ROFFian, somehow seem "better" than the "non-evolved" Brook Trout or human
creature that demands more a more pristine environment is, imho, simply
silly ...

Unlike this extended exercise in.....what?.....self-congratulatory
mindless rambling which we should all take seriously while nodding
sagely in the vain hope that someone who matters will be watching?

Yeah, that's gonna happen.

Wolfgang

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This group may have been the "only show in town" at one time,

This group has never been the only show in town. You get out of it what
you want, and contributing from time to time helps. You may have done so
in the past, but it's hard to see you behind the multiple masks you're
wearing.
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj/

Anonymous wrote:
A long time ago now, it was normal for folks on here to be helpful and friendly. OK, there was some flaming, but mostly only to folks who deserved it. Now it seems that everybody gets flamed, or even persecuted, for no reason at all.

This group may have been the "only show in town" at one time, but there are plenty of nice places on the web now, nobody needs to come here and listen to the ranting. This group will slowly die out, as the main perpetrators, who would not be allowed to post anywhere else anyway, folks like Fortenberry and Wolfgang, continue their destructive behavior.

This is a good thing too. Lots of anglers are helpful friendly folks, as are a lot of Americans, and this place just gets us all a bad name.

And yet, here you are.

Wolfgang
who, having held so many pistols to so many heads for so long, has got
forearms just like popeye's!

Anonymous wrote:
A long time ago now, it was normal for folks on here to be helpful and friendly.

Here's an oldie for our helpful and anonymous friend. This
one used to be quite popular on roff but has fallen by the
wayside of late. Now seems like a good time to dust off one
of roff's all-time favorites and offer it up just for you
Mr. Anonymous.

**** off and die.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Anonymous A long time ago now, it was normal for folks on here to be
Anonymous helpful and friendly. OK, there was some flaming, but
Anonymous mostly only to folks who deserved it. Now it seems that
Anonymous everybody gets flamed, or even persecuted, for no reason at
Anonymous all.

Could be, but as far as I can tell, you still get _excellent_
responses if you post a question that is on topic.

--
Jarmo Hurri

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