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Edward Dolan wrote:
> Larry Varney <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
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>
>>Edward Dolan wrote:
>>
>>>Larry Varney <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>news:<[email protected]>...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Mikael Seierup wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>"Larry Varney" skrev...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>
>>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
>
> Merriam-Webster
>
> 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
suppose that "sissy boy" doesn't either. And what I have said, if you'll actually read it, has
nothing to do with conservatives or liberals - it's simply that the subject line should match the
subject. Period. Got it now?
--
Larry Varney Cold Spring, KY http://home.fuse.net/larryvarney
> Larry Varney <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
>
>
>>Edward Dolan wrote:
>>
>>>Larry Varney <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>news:<[email protected]>...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Mikael Seierup wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>"Larry Varney" skrev...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>
>>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
>
> Merriam-Webster
>
> 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
suppose that "sissy boy" doesn't either. And what I have said, if you'll actually read it, has
nothing to do with conservatives or liberals - it's simply that the subject line should match the
subject. Period. Got it now?
--
Larry Varney Cold Spring, KY http://home.fuse.net/larryvarney
