Political posts, rudeness
 

I'm not pointing fingers at any particular person, but am I alone in being
bothered by the numerous political posts and downright rudeness that seems
to be becoming more frequent here? Wouldn't we have a more enjoyable
experience if we kept to the subject of the group?

"Gerald Pine" wrote in message
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I'm not pointing fingers at any particular person, but am I alone in
being
bothered by the numerous political posts and downright rudeness that
seems
to be becoming more frequent here? Wouldn't we have a more enjoyable
experience if we kept to the subject of the group?


Some people seem to enjoy the expirence of being downright rude.

On topic posts are frequently rude. Off topic posts are often polite.

This group has had it's ups and downs. I remember it being worse about
this time last year. It does seem the overall volume of posts are down
over the last couple of years.

Frank Dresser

You are not alone. This group pretty much sucks anymore unless you kill
file all the losers. There are plenty of them...



"Gerald Pine" wrote in message
...
I'm not pointing fingers at any particular person, but am I alone in being
bothered by the numerous political posts and downright rudeness that seems
to be becoming more frequent here? Wouldn't we have a more enjoyable
experience if we kept to the subject of the group?

Gerald Pine wrote in
:

I'm not pointing fingers at any particular person, but am I alone in
being bothered by the numerous political posts and downright rudeness
that seems to be becoming more frequent here? Wouldn't we have a more
enjoyable experience if we kept to the subject of the group?


The same thing goes on to some extent in every group I read. Complaining
about it does no good. There is one surefire answer: DON'T talk about it,
DON'T get into arguments with them, killfile the trolls, and kill topics
you don't care for.

Some seem to take a perverse delight in posting off topic rants, and then
watch all the responses pile up. If nobody ever responded, it would get old
very quickly.

In article ,
says...

I'm not pointing fingers at any particular person, but am I alone in being
bothered by the numerous political posts and downright rudeness that seems
to be becoming more frequent here? Wouldn't we have a more enjoyable
experience if we kept to the subject of the group?

Yes. But it's an election year. They'll be coming out of the
woodwork until November, on ALL newsgroups.

'Killfile' and/or 'ignore' are your only options if you wish to
keep reading Usenet.

:(

FW

"Gerald Pine" wrote in message
...
I'm not pointing fingers at any particular person, but am I alone in
being
bothered by the numerous political posts and downright rudeness that
seems
to be becoming more frequent here? Wouldn't we have a more enjoyable
experience if we kept to the subject of the group?

That would spoil everything. All the goofballs that R. Hollingsworth
ran off of 14.313 and 75 Meters have "planted roots" in the radio
related NG's. The worst one of these being "rec.radio.cb" whic is
a 24/7 sandbox fight by grown children. Check it out sometime.

Cool, a board where people post stuff they don't want read by people who
will not be reading. I can see some political discussion, but with respect
and politeness. We CAN agree to disagree without being rude and nasty. If
the number of posts have diminished it likely has more to do with the
propogation. The ones I dislike are the ones running people down in such a
degrading way. I won't waste my time trying to delete everything. It is
possible to learn something you overlooked by reading an opposite political
view. There is nothing to be learned from spitting at people.

Il Dolce Far Niente
"Frank White" wrote in message
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In article ,

says...

I'm not pointing fingers at any particular person, but am I alone in
being
bothered by the numerous political posts and downright rudeness that
seems
to be becoming more frequent here? Wouldn't we have a more enjoyable
experience if we kept to the subject of the group?

Yes. But it's an election year. They'll be coming out of the
woodwork until November, on ALL newsgroups.

'Killfile' and/or 'ignore' are your only options if you wish to
keep reading Usenet.

:(

FW

"Gerald Pine" wrote in message
...
I'm not pointing fingers at any particular person, but am I alone in
being
bothered by the numerous political posts and downright rudeness that
seems
to be becoming more frequent here? Wouldn't we have a more
enjoyable
experience if we kept to the subject of the group?

To answer the direct question, probably yes.

But I just checked several hundred of the more recent posts on this
group and relatively few are on purely political topics. That's not
bad considering the hobby seems to attract individuals with strong
political views.

There have been times when the group was unreadable, but I don't think
that this is one of them, nor do I think all "political" topics can be
completely banned from a shortwave group when the listening experience
is often political in nature. Are we to say, for example, that
discussion of the overt politicization of the BBC is inappropriate?

On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 16:33:36 -0500, T. Early wrote:


"Gerald Pine" wrote in message
...
I'm not pointing fingers at any particular person, but am I alone in
being
bothered by the numerous political posts and downright rudeness that
seems
to be becoming more frequent here? Wouldn't we have a more
enjoyable
experience if we kept to the subject of the group?

To answer the direct question, probably yes.

But I just checked several hundred of the more recent posts on this
group and relatively few are on purely political topics. That's not
bad considering the hobby seems to attract individuals with strong
political views.

There have been times when the group was unreadable, but I don't think
that this is one of them, nor do I think all "political" topics can be
completely banned from a shortwave group when the listening experience
is often political in nature. Are we to say, for example, that
discussion of the overt politicization of the BBC is inappropriate?

I appreciate the responses, and yes I do realize that I'm not adding much
to the subject of the group by even raising the issue. You are correct
that it isn't near the point of making the news group unreadable. Perhaps
Maximus made the best suggestion. If people just keep it civil, that
would be a good thing. I certainly don't suggest any type of censorship
except self censorship. The freedom of expression is one of the things
that makes usenet so great. I just think that some posts (my own
included) could benefit by letting them sit for a day or two. In any
case, enough. I made my point and I'll stop adding clutter until I have
an on-subject post.

I've already explained this many times but people don't seem to follow.


Just killfile off-topic or rude posters... the amount of garbage drops considerably.