Re: (OT) The Joy of a Killfile


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Doc Knutsen wrote:


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Fred wrote...


"Gongoozler" <trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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During the whole of my Usenet life (over ten years) I have never
felt >>> the need to start a killfile. Indeed, I've always felt that
one of the >>> great advantages of Usenet is the fact that anybody
can post anything >>> they like, however biased or intemperate. If
you are in a bad mood, or >>> drunk, or your girlfriend has just left
you, you can fire of a rant >>> and immediately feel better.

One should, of course, listen to the opposing point of view and
I've >>> always felt that I have some sort of duty to read posts,
however >>> inflammatory, that represent views opposed to my own.
MJF, in his >>> various reincarnations, has always been offensive but
he used to be >>> able to present a reasonably intelligent angle on
the subject we are >>> all interested in: F1. Now he seems reduced to
suppurating bile in >>> brief, ungrammatical sentences.

Finally driven to distraction by the bias and sheer ignorance of
a >>> few posters (mainly, but by no means exclusively
Hamilton-haters) I >>> have finally started a killfile.

Oh joy! I can skim off the dross and concentrate on those who have
serious opinions (even though they differ radically from my own).

Wish I'd done it long ago

If all the so called clever people stopped replying to the the
tolls they would move on, but as long as the twats reply to
every troll post they will keep posting. Only trolls post
"Hambone" etc about Lewis, but half of the reg's will feel duty
bound to reply thinking it makes them look clever!




There's nothing worse than a group where everyone agrees.

I don't agree with that at all.
Doc



I don't and nor does my wife. After all, we are all individuals...

LOL! "I'm not!"
Doc

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Paul-B


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    ... one of the>>> great advantages of Usenet is the fact that anybody ... however biased or intemperate. ... If all the so called clever people stopped replying to the the ... every troll post they will keep posting. ...
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  • Re: (OT) The Joy of a Killfile
    ... have finally started a killfile. ... If all the so called clever people stopped replying to the the tolls ... but as long as the twats reply to every troll post ... reg's will feel duty bound to reply thinking it makes them look ...
    (rec.autos.sport.f1)