[Boatanchors] Topics of Discussion

[rayfri]

Personally and frankly .... I dont know why we are getting so exercised 
and genuflecting so much about topics of discussion...
especially on this board.   I have "discovered" an absolutely MARVELOUS 
little "invention" on my email program....
    One little click... and the offending little tome vanishes into the 
waste bucket.   Then every so often I empty the garbage and it is 
forever in the ether, never to be seen or thought of again, and never to 
take up space on my hard drive.
     Now, I have seen others pontificate to great lengths on the 
esoterica of having to expend measures of time reading the
 little tomes and the contents which may consist of  insults, rants, 
raves, and other self perceived offending comments, and I also have to 
take a moment to scan quickly the tone and contents before deciding 
whether or not to banish the text into the
wasteland of useless garbage   (translated:  CRAP)  but, personally, I 
do not have an ego of such great magnitude that I deem myself so busy or 
important that the loss of even a microsecond is more than can be spared 
in such a quick lookie see.....
     Overall, I think if we treat the real or perceived offenders in the 
same manner as we do a child throwing a temper tantrum, they will 
eventually tire and go to their rooms and suck their thumbs ...   we 
just ignore them in other words.   If we do not contribute by joining in 
their screaming and foot stomping they will eventually run out of things 
to rant and rave about and will tire of stomping their feet on the floor 
and will fall asleep.     As with a child's temper tantrum, there may be 
a period of slight discomfort for us ...   but "this too shall 
pass"...   That's where that marvelous little button labeled "delete" 
comes into play.
If an offender, like a tantrum throwing child, perceives that there is 
no audience for their antics, then they will, like a child, begin
to think there is no use in stomping around and yelling.
     This is a very good mailing list and I have bought and sold and 
learned a lot.   I am not going anywhere.... and during
the times those of you who decide to throw temper tantrums do so ...  
just remember my little delete button.... for you will
NOT have me in your audience.  I am not impressed by screaming, yelling, 
foul mouthed language or by stomping your feet on the ground and 
throwing your toys around the room.

Ray Friess


Richard A. (Tony) Stalls wrote:

> If the discussion had gone far afield, to something like collecting 
> golf clubs for example, or someone starting slanging the other users, 
> that's one thing, but buying, selling, and trading our radio gear is 
> as much a part of the hobby as building equipment and operating it.  
> That's why that's the only kind of commerce the FCC allows on the air 
> in the Amateur Radio Service when the question came up a couple or 
> three decades ago and they green-lighted non-commercial swap nets.
>
> Discussing experiences with eBay and being defrauded are a part of 
> that and are as important to the boatanchor hobby as anything else we 
> discuss.  If the list owner doesn't agree with that, then I suggest he 
> prohibit for sale postings too.
>
> 73,
> Tony Stalls, K4KYO   
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