[Rhodes22-list] Politics on the list.

[Michael Meltzer]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Kaynor" <mark at kaynor.org>
To: <sanderico at earthlink.net>; "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 2:20 PM
Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Politics on the list.


> Rik,
> 
> Good points. And I agree, for the most part.
> 
> For me, however, it's more of a signal-to-noise issue than it is about any
> particular political (or whatever) viewpoint. I already have to deal with an
> ever increasing amount of unsolicited email, and when the list contains way
> more "noise" than "signal", I become tempted to sign off. My wife quit the
> list shortly after joining because there was so much off-topic discussion.
> I've been able to hang in here so far - heck, I even enjoy it sometimes, to
> be perfectly honest. Nevertheless, my primary interest here is the exchange
> of info about our boats, and when that's either lacking or getting drowned
> in the noise, the list becomes less valuable to me.
> 
> Mark Kaynor
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On Behalf Of Rik Sandberg
> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 2:24 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Politics on the list.
> 
> 
> To all on the Rhodes list,
> 
> We've all been here, done this, most of us more than once.
> 
> To those who would be the Topic Police, I would point you to the Rhodes List
> Charter. Michael will probably post a link to it any minute now. When you
> get
> to the part where it says "any topics of interest to Rhodes sailors", you
> will have found the key words. You can (and just might) say that I may be
> out
> of place here, being merely a former owner now, but most of the reason I
> still hang out here is because this list doesn't have all of the stuffy boat
> topic only related rules that are found on most lists. We actually get to do
> something besides answer the same old boat questions over and over when we
> come here. This makes this list much more interesting and fun to hang out
> at,
> than most.
> 
> I do agree with Rummy that it would be good to be careful that our posts are
> not hurtful. But then again, Some people's feelings seem to get hurt overly
> easily. Let's be real here, for every "Democrat" joke that's ever been
> posted
> here, there one just like it with "Republican" in the punch line. It's
> politics, if you didn't laugh at it, you would surely have to cry. If you
> are
> going to take all this stuff seriously, you're in for a life full of hurt
> feelings.
> 
> Rik Sandberg
> S/V Happy Little Girls 2 - PS Flicka
> Formerly, S/V Country Rhodes - R 22
> 
> 
> On 11/24/2003 11:53 am, you wrote:
> > Here, here, Rummy.
> >
> > People who have things to say or relay that do not pertain to the title of
> > this list (Rhodes22), should take it elsewhere.  Common curtesy goes a
> long
> > way to keeping people interested in any exchange, even on the Internet.
> >
> > Fred
> >
> > In a message dated 11/24/03 12:20:40 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> >
> > R22RumRunner at aol.com writes:
> > > I have expressed my political views on the list previously (I have none)
> > > so
> > >
> > > I'm not offended by these jokes or cheap shots or whatever you want to
> > > call them. That being said, I feal that the recent flurry of jokes are
> > > not only flamming, but unkind.
> > > I really wish you people would do this kind of stuff OFF the list.
> > >
> > > Rummy
> >
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