Nobody appointed me anything. However, I have been using Usenet for long
enough to know what the etiquette is for OT posts. Anyone can tell you that
a political statement is extremely divisive. This NG seems to be about
bringing woodworkers together. Threads like this create polarized opinions
about the other woodworkers without even knowing who they are. So what
benefit has this thread served? No one has to listen to me, but perhaps
others think these types of trolling threads dont belong here as well. Maybe
not everyone participating is aware of Usenet etiquette. There are many OT
posts here that you dont see me saying anything about because they clearly
aren't abusing the general idea of an off-topic message.

If you bother to do a search, you will find the other threads I have
participated on. I never said anyone was an enemy to this NG, at worst I
said someone was too lazy to post a divisive message in its appropriate
place.

To conclude, I wont post on this issue again as I dont want to further
perpetuate this thread. If you dont agree with me, fine, keep blowing the
fire on the never-ending political debate.

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Thanks,
David W. Lovell
( Intrepid )

"Charlie Self" wrote in message
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David responds:

We" as in the collective woodworkers who should be using this ng for its
intended purpose. You can put "OT:" anywhere you want, that doesn't mean
this topic belongs here. OT might as well translate to: "I am too damn
lazy
to post to the correct newsgroup, so I will stroke my ego by posting my
own
personal political beliefs in hopes of trolling a 300+ message thread
that
has nothing to do with woodworking and isn't going to change a single
person's opinion!"

Please preach to the choir in the correct place.

Please quit reading off-topic posts. Where is the material on woodworking
that
you've supplied to this NG that you so noisily are defending against all
its
enemies?

In other words, where did you come from? Who appointed you NG nanny?

Charlie Self
"A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers." H. L.
Mencken