From: Leythos on 8 Apr 2010 18:16 In article <hplkci$hs5$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, me(a)nowhere.whocareswhatthisemailisanyway says... > > "Leythos" <spam999free(a)rrohio.com> wrote in message > news:MPG.26281dfb4cde55fe98a29c(a)us.news.astraweb.com... > > In article <hpljte$gio$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > > me(a)nowhere.whocareswhatthisemailisanyway says... > >> Do you take into account that just about every thread on the internet has > >> an > >> ebb and flow and it's normal for content within threads to vary away from > >> the subject title? Just a thought. > >> > > > > Yes, this one has been off-topic for many posts, but, do we accept > > wrongs just because it's not convenient or do we seek to correct wrongs > > because it's the proper and right thing to do? > > > oh come on ... :D ...... it's a newsgroup .. not a moral dilema <wink> > ;-) Why abandon your principals for your convenience? Doesn't that mean that your own ethicals and morals are somewhat lacking if you choose to only follow the rules that you agree with? -- You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that. Trust yourself. spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
From: Leythos on 8 Apr 2010 18:17 In article <GLydnWiPGZ4TySPWnZ2dnUVZ8mOdnZ2d(a)bt.com>, BoaterDave(a)hotmail.co.ukk says... > *Why* is her opinion unworthy? Tell me that. > Chaos is not what the Structure and Ideal of Usenet is about, read it for yourself and then follow the posts to determine if "I'll do it my way because I want to do it my way, even if everyone says it's wrong" is valid or just arrogance. -- You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that. Trust yourself. spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
From: Jenn on 8 Apr 2010 18:18 "Leythos" <spam999free(a)rrohio.com> wrote in message news:MPG.26281fb0bd493f5698a29f(a)us.news.astraweb.com... > In article <hplkci$hs5$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > me(a)nowhere.whocareswhatthisemailisanyway says... >> >> >> Do you take into account that just about every thread on the internet >> >> has >> >> an >> >> ebb and flow and it's normal for content within threads to vary away >> >> from >> >> the subject title? Just a thought. >> > Yes, this one has been off-topic for many posts, but, do we accept >> > wrongs just because it's not convenient or do we seek to correct wrongs >> > because it's the proper and right thing to do? >> oh come on ... :D ...... it's a newsgroup .. not a moral dilema >> <wink> >> ;-) > Why abandon your principals for your convenience? Doesn't that mean that > your own ethicals and morals are somewhat lacking if you choose to only > follow the rules that you agree with? Which rules? Are you talking about rules set in internet stone, or the ones people actually practice by what they actually do? :-) As far as I can no one considers any rules on ngs not subject to change on the fly. Have you had a different experience? -- Jenn (from Oklahoma) http://pqlr.org/bbs/
From: Jenn on 8 Apr 2010 18:20 "Leythos" <spam999free(a)rrohio.com> wrote in message news:MPG.26281ffed92878dc98a2a0(a)us.news.astraweb.com... > In article <GLydnWiPGZ4TySPWnZ2dnUVZ8mOdnZ2d(a)bt.com>, > BoaterDave(a)hotmail.co.ukk says... >> *Why* is her opinion unworthy? Tell me that. >> > > Chaos is not what the Structure and Ideal of Usenet is about, read it > for yourself and then follow the posts to determine if "I'll do it my > way because I want to do it my way, even if everyone says it's wrong" is > valid or just arrogance. > Do you consider the natural ebb and flow of human conversation to be chaos? (interesting thought) -- Jenn (from Oklahoma) http://pqlr.org/bbs/
From: ~BD~ on 8 Apr 2010 18:31
Leythos wrote: > In article<GLydnWiPGZ4TySPWnZ2dnUVZ8mOdnZ2d(a)bt.com>, > BoaterDave(a)hotmail.co.ukk says... >> *Why* is her opinion unworthy? Tell me that. >> > > Chaos is not what the Structure and Ideal of Usenet is about, read it > for yourself and then follow the posts to determine if "I'll do it my > way because I want to do it my way, even if everyone says it's wrong" is > valid or just arrogance. > This is one thread amongst billions of others in over 120,000 groups. No one is being inconvenienced in any way by the posts being made now. Usenet, as once was, is dying. Maybe if we actually *use* it, it will survive, in part at least. Times change and you must learn to bend in the wind of this change, Leythos. :) -- Dave |