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> Edward Dolan wrote:
> > Larry Varney <
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> >>Mikael Seierup wrote:
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> >>>"Larry Varney" skrev...
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> >>>> And what's hysterical is when one of them flies off the handle if anyone has the temerity to
> >>>> suggest changing the topic header to match the subject, much less actually doing it!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Well, if you've killfiled an obnoxious thread and think you're rid of it and some dork then
> >>>changes the name a few times its easy to be miffed.
> >>>
> >>>Mikael
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> >> Gee, so now if the subject line no longer reflects the subject, it should remain the same?
> >> Otherwise, changing it means that person who changed it is a "dork"? Well, 'scuse me, but it
> >> would seem more beneficial to the readers to know that a string of posts no longer has any
> >> reference to the subject header, that something that by subject line would refer to the BiGHA
> >> has now become some mudfest regarding the tired old **** about liberals and conservatives,
> >> instead of just leaving it alone - and incorrect. But you may have a point. It's much better
> >> to ignore what the hell the subject line says at all, on any string, and just ignore any
> >> string in which a certain few people have posted. Right?
> >
> >
> > Wrong, unless you are a sissy boy and do not like to read anything with which you disagree. When
> > the liberals totally dominated this newsgroup and were posting their asinine comments will-nilly
> > all over the place, we did not hear you complaining about it then. Any moron can quickly get the
> > drift of a thread and if it has wandered off topic then so be it.
> >
> > What are you anyway - some kind of a confounded controller? If you had half a brain in your head
> > you would know that any thread that is going on for more than 20 messages is probably going to
> > be off topic and have lots of **** like yours in it to boot. I figure the only way to look at it
> > is if I can stand your **** than you can stand my ****. So far I have not discovered any
> > geniuses here on ARBR.
> >
> > Ed Dolan - Minnesota
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> whether or not I agree with what the post contains.
say any damn fool thing that pops into their empty heads, but the minute a conservative does the
same thing, lo and behold, there is Mr. Varney of Kentucky complaining about all the OT's.
Main Entry: sis·sy Pronunciation: 'si-sE Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural sissies Etymology:
sis Date: 1891
: an effeminate man or boy; also : a timid or cowardly person
- sissy adjective
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I am thinking you are a timid person if you can't stand some balance in the OT's.
> Listen closely: if the topic has long since changed from what the subject line indicates, then
> what is the point of having a subject line at all, if not to indicate what the post is about?
Look at what has happened to "Can We Surrender". It has split into 3 or 4 different threads because
of posters playing around with the subject heading. One of them has disappeared entirely from Google
as far as I can tell. Even Google can't keep up with all the foolishness that goes on here. I say
leave the subject headings alone. When you change them you create nothing but confusion. Most
subject threads that stay on topic don't last more than a few days anyway. You are always creating a
tempest in a teapot.
> And off you go with your childish insults, your nonsense about liberals, when it comes down to
> nothing of the sort. "The liberals" are only a figment of your tired, limited imagination. And
> what "****" of mine have you had to put up with?
The **** I am talking about is what you have so far contributed to this thread. There is nothing
constructive - just whine, whine, whine!
> "Any moron" should not have to put up with endless threads that have nothing to do with the
> subject line. There is nothing more off-putting for a reader to keep finding out that what
> appears to be the topic for discussion after discussion is quite the opposite - especially when
> the fix is so simple.
If a thread is very long chances are that it is off topic even if recumbents are still being
discussed. It is inevitable. Threads get off topic for reasons other than political rants. I have
seen it over and over. It is impossible to stay on topic very long unless you have a moderator (in
essence an editor) to see to it.
You say the fix is simple, but it is not. To have more than one thread going with the same subject
heading, although slightly varied, is confusing - not to me, but to many others. But even I do not
like to hunt around to find the proper thread because of minor variations in the wording of the
subject heading.
Nonetheless, I do know what you are talking about and I can appreciate what you are saying, but it
won't work on this newsgroup. It won't work because we are all mature intelligent folks here and
when something gets said that is off the mark, someone else is going to have something to say about
it. It is inevitable. What you want will only work with an editor (moderator).
Ed Dolan - Minnesota
