"Bill R" wrote in message
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escapee wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:47:37 -0400, Bill R
opined:


Zemedelec wrote:

Maybe this is much too off topic

zemedelec


It is and it shouldn't be posted here. There are dozens and
dozens of political groups. Post your views in one of them.


No, post them here too. Nobody moderates this newsgroup.



Even though it is true that nobody moderates this newsgroup
all posters should stick to the topic of this newsgroup -
GARDENS. If everyone starts posting ANYTHING they wish,
soon there will be little or no discussion of gardens. Is
that what you want? I have seen dozens of newsgroups
destroyed because off topic posters took over the newsgroup.
If we are not careful that could happen to rec.gardens
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You must have bad luck. I have been posting to Usenet for several years and
haven't seen a single newsgroup that doesn't have a fair amount of OT posts.
Likewise, I haven't seen any newsgroup that was destroyed by such posts.
Most people are smart enough to avoid posts that don't appeal to them. With
judicious use of filters and killfiles you don't even have to see the posts.
I don't know why people would suddenly lose interest in gardening because
someone posted a politically slanted article about a store with a garden
center. That seems as puzzling as all the people who claim that everyone
would lose interest in marriage if it were make available to same-sex
couples.