Bruce Bowe

This NG is getting harder and harder to follow when we have to jump over all
the political postings.. Am I out of line in suggesting that we stick to
travel. There are tons of alt.politics groups. Why spam this one? It may
be my imagination, but it seems like there are some regular posters who have
given up this group at least for now..

Jimmy

I think you're right about this one.....
Let's talk about the fun of travelling....

Tony


" Bruce Bowe" schreef in bericht
news:[email protected]...
    > This NG is getting harder and harder to follow when we have to jump over
all
    > the political postings.. Am I out of line in suggesting that we stick to
    > travel. There are tons of alt.politics groups. Why spam this one? It
may
    > be my imagination, but it seems like there are some regular posters who
have
    > given up this group at least for now..

barney

In article , [email protected]
( Bruce Bowe) wrote:

    > This NG is getting harder and harder to follow when we have to jump
    > over all
    > the political postings.. Am I out of line in suggesting that we stick
    > to
    > travel. There are tons of alt.politics groups. Why spam this one?
    > It may
    > be my imagination, but it seems like there are some regular posters who
    > have
    > given up this group at least for now..
    >
    >
Hhahaa! typickal Nieuan lililivered response!

Miguel Cruz

Barney wrote:
    > [email protected] ( Bruce Bowe) wrote:
    >> This NG is getting harder and harder to follow when we have to jump over
    >> all the political postings.. Am I out of line in suggesting that we
    >> stick to travel. There are tons of alt.politics groups. Why spam this
    >> one? It may be my imagination, but it seems like there are some regular
    >> posters who have given up this group at least for now..
    >
    > Hhahaa! typickal Nieuan lililivered response!

Don't try to paint all us Niueans with the same brush. Bruce is from North
Niue, a region legendary for the comfort and succor granted to all
terrorists who chance through. We in South Niue have no truck with their ilk
and would welcome George Bush should he and his armies choose to clean house
in the north.

miguel
--
Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu

Sarah Banick

I agree...travel is about celebrating diversity and understanding
commonality. We're here to share, not argue.


"jimmy" wrote in message
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    > I think you're right about this one.....
    > Let's talk about the fun of travelling....
    > Tony

Bruce Bowe

"Miguel Cruz" wrote in message
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    > Barney wrote:
    > > [email protected] ( Bruce Bowe) wrote:
    > >> This NG is getting harder and harder to follow when we have to jump
over
    > >> all the political postings.. Am I out of line in suggesting that we
    > >> stick to travel. There are tons of alt.politics groups. Why spam this
    > >> one? It may be my imagination, but it seems like there are some
regular
    > >> posters who have given up this group at least for now..
    > >
    > > Hhahaa! typickal Nieuan lililivered response!
    > Don't try to paint all us Niueans with the same brush. Bruce is from North
    > Niue, a region legendary for the comfort and succor granted to all
    > terrorists who chance through. We in South Niue have no truck with their
ilk
    > and would welcome George Bush should he and his armies choose to clean
house
    > in the north.
    > miguel
    > --
    > Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu

And you better watch your silly South Niuean mouth or someone will come down
there to the south and kick your South Niuean butt!! Next week we start
testing our weapons of mass destruction.
((See how this NG is starting to degenerate??))
Bruce

Evelynvogtgamble

Bruce Bowe wrote:
    >
    > This NG is getting harder and harder to follow when we have to jump over all
    > the political postings.. Am I out of line in suggesting that we stick to
    > travel. There are tons of alt.politics groups. Why spam this one? It may
    > be my imagination, but it seems like there are some regular posters who have
    > given up this group at least for now..

Actually, most pf the thread titles give you a pretty good idea what the
posts are likely to be about. (Incidently, I think the word you mean is
"troll", not "spam", and with only a few exceptions, most of the posters
to those threads are NOT trolling.) The situation concerning Iraq is on
many minds these days - both European and American - why should we not
discuss it here?

Pandjking

Anyone who hasn't followed recent discussions and who is interested in
"American Safety in Europe?" might be surprised at what they find under that
heading. It would be helpful if subject headings were changed periodically
to reflect the actual subject matter.

Jane

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Bruce Bowe wrote:
    > >
    > > This NG is getting harder and harder to follow when we have to jump over
all
    > > the political postings.. Am I out of line in suggesting that we stick
to
    > > travel. There are tons of alt.politics groups. Why spam this one? It
may
    > > be my imagination, but it seems like there are some regular posters who
have
    > > given up this group at least for now..
    > Actually, most pf the thread titles give you a pretty good idea what the
    > posts are likely to be about. (Incidently, I think the word you mean is
    > "troll", not "spam", and with only a few exceptions, most of the posters
    > to those threads are NOT trolling.) The situation concerning Iraq is on
    > many minds these days - both European and American - why should we not
    > discuss it here?

Deep Floyd Mars

Some peoples news software won't properly handle a changed subject title
within a thread. And Google just considers it a new thread.
---
DFM

pandjking wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Anyone who hasn't followed recent discussions and who is interested in
    > "American Safety in Europe?" might be surprised at what they find under
that
    > heading. It would be helpful if subject headings were changed
periodically
    > to reflect the actual subject matter.
    > Jane
    > "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > >
    > >
    > > Bruce Bowe wrote:
    > > >
    > > > This NG is getting harder and harder to follow when we have to jump
over
    > all
    > > > the political postings.. Am I out of line in suggesting that we
stick
    > to
    > > > travel. There are tons of alt.politics groups. Why spam this one?
It
    > may
    > > > be my imagination, but it seems like there are some regular posters
who
    > have
    > > > given up this group at least for now..
    > >
    > > Actually, most pf the thread titles give you a pretty good idea what the
    > > posts are likely to be about. (Incidently, I think the word you mean is
    > > "troll", not "spam", and with only a few exceptions, most of the posters
    > > to those threads are NOT trolling.) The situation concerning Iraq is on
    > > many minds these days - both European and American - why should we not
    > > discuss it here?

Miss L.Toe

"Sarah Banick" wrote in message
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    > I agree...travel is about celebrating diversity and understanding
    > commonality. We're here to share, not argue.

No - travel is about understanding other cultures, philosophies, histories,
politics, etc arguing is one of the best ways of getting the real thoughts
of people behind what they think that they think (If you get what I mean).
As long as you can stay friends at the end a good argument is great.



    > "jimmy" wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > I think you're right about this one.....
    > > Let's talk about the fun of travelling....
    > >
    > > Tony

Hatunen

On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 14:32:08 -0000, "Miss L.Toe" wrote:

    >No - travel is about understanding other cultures, philosophies, histories,
    >politics, etc arguing is one of the best ways of getting the real thoughts
    >of people behind what they think that they think (If you get what I mean).
    >As long as you can stay friends at the end a good argument is great.

Well... It's a good way to get the real thoughts of people who can
afford computer access, have some idle time to use it, were able to
find Usenet (even if they don't understand just what it is) and who
tend to be highly opinionated. The problem comes when they confuse
themselve as being representative of general run of people in their
country, and their readers do likewise.


************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

Lothar Kimmeringer

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" schrieb:

    >The situation concerning Iraq is on
    >many minds these days - both European and American - why should we not
    >discuss it here?

Because it's off topic here. This is a newsgroups about traveling
to europe. If you want to be on topic you should post to a newsgroup
like rec.travel.adventure.iraq, but only posts about travelling to
Iraq not the political things. As Bruce already pointed out, there
are plenty of politic-focused groups out there.


Regards, Lothar
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Always remember: The answer is forty-two, there can only be wrong
questions!

Deep Floyd Mars

Lothar Kimmeringer wrote in message
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    > "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" schrieb:
    > >The situation concerning Iraq is on
    > >many minds these days - both European and American - why should we not
    > >discuss it here?
    > Because it's off topic here. This is a newsgroups about traveling
    > to europe. If you want to be on topic you should post to a newsgroup
    > like rec.travel.adventure.iraq, but only posts about travelling to
    > Iraq not the political things. As Bruce already pointed out, there
    > are plenty of politic-focused groups out there.

Most of them are full of complete crap though. At least here there is a
decent serving of intelligent folk, most of whom have similar mentalities.

There is not really such thing as "on topic" in Usenet land. It's a
completely free forum. If you don't like the topic, don't click on it.
Bullshit threads quickly dissapear if their ignored. You can also 'killfile'
a poster or thread if they bother you too much.
---
DFM

Pandjking

"Deep Floyd Mars" wrote in message
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    > There is not really such thing as "on topic" in Usenet land. It's a
    > completely free forum. If you don't like the topic, don't click on it.

This would be easier if the subject line actually reflected the current
topic of discussion!

Evelynvogtgamble

pandjking wrote:
    >
    > Anyone who hasn't followed recent discussions and who is interested in
    > "American Safety in Europe?" might be surprised at what they find under that
    > heading. It would be helpful if subject headings were changed periodically
    > to reflect the actual subject matter.

Really? Given the international "climate" at present, it doesn't take a
genius to guess what most of thos posts will be about.