On Sat, 22 Feb 2020 03:46:39 +0000, John Rumm
wrote:

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Except at the whole Brexit shambles untangles, new things / points
come up and therefore create new topics of discussion?

Yes, but not here.

Ah, just not for me you mean? How many Brexit related threads have I
started here OOI? Is there no other thread drift?

Phrases like flogging a dead horse spring to mind.

But isn't that my call?

Sure, if all you want to do is **** off those who are prepared to engage
with you on other "on topic" discussions, yup its your call.

Thanks.

There may be a good forum for those discussions, but IMHO this is not it.

Agreed.

Now, when I see you trying to moderate all the pro Brexit supporters
here, who are typically the ones starting the new threads on the
subject ...?

Ah, no, sorry, I've just realised why that won't happen ... ;-)

Many I already have filtered permenently. Others start new threads
specifically on the topic, and those I can easily ignore. Some posters I
know from reputation will post little that interests me, so I can skip
them regardless of what they post.

Ok ...

You on the other hand seems capable of coherent, intelligent, and
interesting discussion on a range of topics, but with this Tourette's
like need to "tick" into a rant on "Brexiteers this or that", "super
majority the other", and "not proper democracy" at random intervals.

Yup, many here have their 'thing' and mine happens to be that I'm not
willing to roll over and allow people (not just here) think that's
it's now a done deal and that everyone was happy with it, or them (and
especially how it was conducted). The idea that 'we will now all pull
together' re Brexit is pure fantasy.

One minute the discussion is smart meters, then all of sudden we have a
diatribe on "those who voted Leave", and I think FFS give it a rest!

You could also just think, 'hey, he does have a point and is entitled
to his POV' ... and just move on?

For the avoidance of doubt, all the sniping and crowing from others in
the other direction is equally irritating.

Phew, I thought you had lost it there John! There is hope! ;-)

However if you want to start
anti-brexit threads specifically,

I don't ...

then I personally would actually find
that preferable.

How about this. You get (or try to get) all the fanatic Brexiteers to
stop posting *any* Brexit / racist related threads here and I'll have
nothing to reply to (on that)?

Why should it be considered my issue if you happen to not see
(killfiles, or are happy to skip) 'other peoples' pro Brexit / racist
posts but because you see mine, I get the moderation?

Is it that you consider some of my other posts 'coherent, intelligent,
and interesting' but nothing I say re the Brexit debacle is?

Maybe rather than simply trying to silence me on such matters, and
assuming you do consider some of what I say valid, how about saying
so?

Do you realise how much worse it could be if I replied to the crazed
ramblings of whisky-dave or the many faces of the Speed and other such
trolls? ;-)

Cheers, T i m