Re: probably wasting my time, but . . .

Good points, thank you! Filtering does help a lot. It's just disappointing
to see so few on-topic posts some days . . .

hmmmmm, moderation . . .

"Bob Miller" <NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:cd4602hlnmgbg5h6nav181u46iplk97ej0@xxxxxxxxxx
On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:52:43 GMT, "Lisa Simpson" <none@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

do I *really* need to point out the name of this NG to the political
posters? it's "rec.radio.SHORTWAVE", NOT rec.POLITICS! Please find
another
NG to post your political commentary to; readers of this NG come here
read/learn about shortwave related stuff, not politics OR listen to the
more
childish among you to constantly berate & pick on each other. Grow up
people.


This seems to happen to a lot of news groups. The political comments
become more plentiful than the supposed subject matter of the group.
Perhaps, here, it is because you can only say so much about baluns,
wire size, pirates, Radio Mart's outrageousness, or whatever. Still,
you'd think that talk radio, Fox News, the Drudge Report etc. would be
enough for most people. Maybe their Two Minues Hate spills over into
newsgroup activities, I dunno. I saw another perfectly fine group,
misc.writing.screenplays taken over by political rants, and the
regulars broke off and formed a moderated version of the group to
exclude the ranting. Short of that, filters will exclude much of the
soap boxing. I'm not sure that there really is a solution, beyond
forming a moderated group.

Ah well, I need to turn on Air America Radio now...

bob
k5qwg


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