Re: Politics Sucks

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:


Sjouke Burry wrote:

jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <evgmsop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> But when the topic is clear (as it certainly is in the title > of this thread) why not just leave the discussion to those > who CHOOSE to discuss it? I seriously doubt whether ANY of > us reads every single post to this newsgroup! It's easy > enough to skip over posts we don't want to read - whether > the topic is of no interest, or we just get tired of > pursuing it, most threads die eventually.

I truly don't understand why people can't follow this simple logic.

Why do so many people feel compelled to read EVERYTHING that's posted
here? I sure don't! This newsgroup has 100-150 posts a day. I don't have
time to read all of them. I read the ones that are interesting to me. I
would never dream of asking people to stop posting to a thread, just
because I happen to find it boring. Occasionally a thread that doesn't
interest me in the slightest will take over the newsgroup. When that
happens, I consider it a light day on RPCA. :)

So, I'd like to challenge the people who've asked us to stop this
conversation: please explain why we should. Why are you unable to simply
kill the thread, or ignore the posts, or whatever? I'm not just saying
this rhetorically. I really don't get it. It's not that hard to pick and
choose, so why don't you? What makes that so difficult?

Joyce

Do you consider politicians to pets???
Or are they related to cats???
Or are you just trying to bugger people???
At the very least its putting you in a category
which is quite despicable.

Judging from your post, English is not your native tongue, so perhaps you can be excused for not comprehending Joyce's post. However, most news-groups have their share of off-topic posts, and when the title is so clearly NOT cat related (as in this case) why would you even bother to READ it, much less reply?
Try and visit alt.astronomy , sci.astro,
alt.windows-xp etc. etc., and see what
off-topic drivel can do to a newsgroup.
In the end it drives away people, and
leaves complete newsgroups in the hands
of a small group of people jelling at
each other, instead of people discussing
things they have agreed upon by choosing
a newsgroupname, in this case pets and cats.
Also, dropping off-topic bombs into
newsgroups to stir up trouble seems to be
the hobby of a growing group of people.
Religion/sex/politics/crime are surefire
subjects to raise a debate.
BUT, maybe thats wat you want.....
(I hope my english does not sound to daft...)
.

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