What's up with this group lately?

Peter,

don't think that's what Thomas was
saying...he seems to expect each and every newsgroup participant who sees an
abominable statement like that to respond with a disagreement.


Well, you might define "seeing" as "participating". ;-)

But no, I had the participants in mind. We had zero or maybe one opposing post.
We had more participants...

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Morgans,

It _is_ damn hard to respond, when you stopped reading the whole thread, a
while back.


I know.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Jay,

Tell YOU what: I'll send you a case of beer if you prove the following of
your statements:

We're all still waiting
for the day when you start a thread here that has ANYTHING to do with
"piloting".

Show me one thread I _started_ that didn't have anything to do with
piloting. Not one that I simply participated in, but one that I started.

As others have stated, these threads stray from their original topics
only when you (and a select few others) post your vitriolic, off-topic
comments.

And again: Show me. Show me threads that started to go off-topic as a
result of _my_ post. Threads that were on topic until I came in.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

"Morgans" wrote in message
...

"Gary Drescher" wrote

More than anything else in this conversation, Grumman's remarks (and the
various reactions and non-reactions to them) reveal the true nature of
this country's cultural divide.

Once again, you can not respond if you are not reading the thread.

Agreed. I was referring in particular to people who felt moved to comment on
what they regarded as bad behavior during that conversation--but who only
listed other, much less serious transgressions, not mentioning the most
spectacular one.

--Gary

Jay Honeck wrote:
I've noticed that no matter what you post about lately, the
conversation eventually turns into "Bush is an idiot" and "the only
good Muslim is a dead Muslim".

True. You hardly ever see a post about the Teapot Dome Scandal anymore
.....

AJ

The problem is that too many people in the NG care enough about the
topics? They're posting too much? We need an NG Mussolini to make
the planes run on time?

Agreed, rec.guns must have a moderator, lest the NG be hijacked by
outsiders with agendas. Works very well for them. But here?

Don

Putting things like "OT" or "POL" in the
subject line works for a little while but then gradually becomes
ineffective.

I think we just forget. We can all be more aggressive in changing subject
lines. How does this affect (or break) threading?

Changing the subject line (like by adding OT or POL) does not change the
threading in any way. The key is that the people participating in the argument
have to be the ones to add it, or they just skip your changed subject post.
--
Jim in NC

The answer is obvious - this Group has run out of worthwhile things to
talk about.

"Dave" wrote in message
oups.com...
The answer is obvious - this Group has run out of worthwhile things to
talk about.

Nope. Too many people with good things to talk about have left, until the
cementhead leaves.
--
Jim in NC

On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 05:35:22 -0800, Lou wrote:
I'll give it a shot.

Ahhh... So this is going to morph into a gun thread? Cool... OK, what caliber?