SteveB wrote:

Count the postings to this thread. YOu'll find that even though OT it
is generating more interest
then anything else going on in this newsgroup right now. That's the
First Amendment at work. Don't like it? Then exercise your own rights
rather than try to suppress others, by just ignoring this thread.


People screeching in this newsgroup on OT subjects have the credibility of
anyone screeching from atop a step ladder on the corner in a major city.

Perhaps so, but so what? As you point out, some posters consider much of what
is said idiotic. It does no need to cry about it, and those who do any way are
well on the road to becoming anal retentive.
Usenet is a forum for people to speak out. If they are speaking out on an
off-topic subject and you want to stay on-topic, just mark the whole thread as
"read" and get on with your life.