Dave Martin
September 22nd 04, 05:32 PM
Guys, a very small group of you have made this newsgroup a most unpleasant
place to hang out. You seem to have forgotten that usenet is a world wide
newsgroup, and by hijacking it to promote your own political leanings,
you've alienated a huge part of the readership. None of you have changed a
single mind about their political leanings, or the person that they're going
to vote for, yet you've taken up an inordinate amount of bandwidth defending
your opinions (usually by attacking others). There's much less 'reasoned
debate' here than there used to be, and a whole lot more yelling and finger
pointing. And the bulk of this yelling and finger-pointing has absolutely
NOTHING to do with audio.
I tried to weed out a few unpleasant individuals with a kill file, but
several of the very worst offenders on the political yammering threads are
also guys whose opinions I value when discussing audio. And people who I've
met and liked. Since I'd lose the benefits of their knowledge and experience
by killfiling them.I hesitated to do so. But an audio newsgroup with more
than half of the posts completely unrelated to anything even approaching
audio subjects is worthless to me. So, I'll leave y'all to it.
This used to be a nice neighborhood - one where I spent probably too much
time.Not anymore. Instead, add my name to the very long list of folks who
don't come here anymore.
--
Dave Martin
Java Jive Studio
Nashville, TN
www.javajivestudio.com
place to hang out. You seem to have forgotten that usenet is a world wide
newsgroup, and by hijacking it to promote your own political leanings,
you've alienated a huge part of the readership. None of you have changed a
single mind about their political leanings, or the person that they're going
to vote for, yet you've taken up an inordinate amount of bandwidth defending
your opinions (usually by attacking others). There's much less 'reasoned
debate' here than there used to be, and a whole lot more yelling and finger
pointing. And the bulk of this yelling and finger-pointing has absolutely
NOTHING to do with audio.
I tried to weed out a few unpleasant individuals with a kill file, but
several of the very worst offenders on the political yammering threads are
also guys whose opinions I value when discussing audio. And people who I've
met and liked. Since I'd lose the benefits of their knowledge and experience
by killfiling them.I hesitated to do so. But an audio newsgroup with more
than half of the posts completely unrelated to anything even approaching
audio subjects is worthless to me. So, I'll leave y'all to it.
This used to be a nice neighborhood - one where I spent probably too much
time.Not anymore. Instead, add my name to the very long list of folks who
don't come here anymore.
--
Dave Martin
Java Jive Studio
Nashville, TN
www.javajivestudio.com