How would you esplain it?

Tom Nakashima wrote:

Try to stay on the topic of fly-fishing.
If there is a post not related to fly-fishing it could be addressed as
"OT:" I feel as people cruise through the newsgroups and are
interested in fly-fishing, if they see the in-fighting & name calling,
it just turns anglers away. Some of these anglers might have some
good advice to bring to ROFF.
Eliminate the name calling and finger pointing. Everyone has the right
to an opinion. The name calling and finger pointing is useless, doesn't
solve anything. I feel if everyone could make an effort here, become
a little more courteous to one another, it could be a start to restoring
this newsgroup, after all, we all have the same interest of fly-fishing.

Ken, a few questions to you, since you're one of the originals of
this newsgroup.

I wouldn't dare to speak for Ken, but I can't resist fun questions
like these:

Are you happy with the current ROFF newsgroup?

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. But that pretty much holds true for
all of Usenet ... and life in general.

If not, what changes would you like to see in this newsgroup?

More discussion about flyfishing in Texas. Especially anglers'
secret hot spots.

If you were a new angler and cruised into ROFF, what would be
your first reaction after reading some of the post?

It depends on which posts you're referring to. If it was a mix of
flyfishing, bickering, politics, sports and drinking, I'd think, "Wow,
this is just like going on a fishing trip with friends".


Chuck Vance (let me guess, you're fairly new to Usenet, no?)