Joseph Coulter wrote:
> Padraig Breathnach wrote in
> news:9t39l259g7uigaojshn43b8ca7f3o22fjr@4ax.com:
>
>
> > Good idea, and I know that you have practised what you preach. It
> > won't work, though, if people treat the group solely as a question and
> > answer service. I don't come here just to look for questions about
> > Ireland that I am able to answer, even though I deal with quite a few
> > such questions. I like the conversation that can arise.
> >
> > Personally, I feel inclined to tolerate a bit of thread drift and some
> > banter, provided it is of a friendly type.
> >
> Excellent point, as usual, Padraig. Few people want to be just a q and a
> source, although there are excellent and valuable posters who do just that
> (Barbara V. for one) It is still nice to exchange in some friendly chatter
> from time to time. Unfortuntely it is hard at times to separate the friends
> from the fiends on the usenet.
Yes indeed; I'm certainly not against a bit of harmless banter or chat
on a thread, but when I look at the group (I use google groups) and see
the list of 25 threads and 20 of them are about police in Edmonton,
transs*xuals, gRunge, Playstation 2 advertisements, etc. etc. my heart
sinks...
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