"Bastette" wrote in message
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Judith Latham wrote:

Rule one Never discuss Religion, Sex and Politics. Everyone has an
opinion and they are always wrong :-)

Sometimes other people's ideas are interesting food for thought.
However,
if they push them in my face, I can't be bothered to listen.

That's how I feel. I really enjoy talking about politics. But not when
people get totally obnoxious.

There are a lot of newsgroups where some truly psychotic ultra-right
racists have taken over. Some of them, such as rec.arts.tv, have
actual content I'm interested in, but you have to wade through hundreds
of posts where people just rant about... things not worthy of mention.
Of course I use my killfile, but they're even there in the legit posts.
I don't think this group will ever be like that because even when we
do talk about politics, it doesn't take over the whole group. And we
don't have people whose views are totally extreme.

I'm not crazy about rabid leftists, either - even when I more or less
agree with what they're saying. It's like, "Alright, alright, preaching
to the choir here! Shut up and play some music." But you don't see much
of that on Usenet. I've certainly heard it elsewhere, though.

--
Joyce

"Riveting reading that keeps readers reading."
-- The Midwest Book Review

Fanatics are troublemakers, and often downright dangerous, no matter what
their cause.

Joy