What happened to the Room?!

"C+J Tondreau" wrote in message
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I mostly lurk here and it seems that it's only the past month or two that
things have gotten really nasty. Doubtless the culprits will flame me
for
even this message. However, those of us who want to carry on civil
converations still can. We just need to ignore those who think wrecking
such
a lovely, supportive community is fun.

Yes, everyone PLEASE just IGNORE the trolls. Responding in anyway just
encourages them.


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BV
Webporgmaster of iheartmypond.com
http://www.iheartmypond.com
I'll be leaning on the bus stop post.

"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
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I mostly lurk here and it seems that it's only the past month or two that
things have gotten really nasty.

And we haven't had a political flame war for well over a year? DKat, give
it another month, as the north starts warming up, we'll all be outside
getting our gardens going. Last night I dreamed I heard a Pacific Tree
Frog. Since it got down to 24F I don't think they're awake yet.
snip

I've been hearing crickets at night...but that might be the crickets in the
Fire Bellied Toad's vivarium, in the kitchen.




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BV
Webporgmaster of iheartmypond.com
http://www.iheartmypond.com
I'll be leaning on the bus stop post.

"~ Windsong ~" P@P wrote in message
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"DKat" wrote in message
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This used to be such a nice room to visit. After 9/11 things got nasty
when
I responded to another post saying I thought it criminal to invade
another
country that had nothing to do with 9/11, with no proof that they were a
threat to us. I would have thought things would have gone back to how
it
had been by now. It really seems that the politics of hate has taken
over
everywhere. Sadly even what had been safe havens such as this room.
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This isn't a political NG. Why not discuss ponds and fish instead. :-)
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
"People who want to share their religious views with you almost
never want you to share yours with them."
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Carol...I agree this is not a political group, but for the most part
rec.ponds has a fairly regular and long term membership, that often enjoys
each other's company and opinions whether it be on salting your pond, or
salting your fundamentalist neighbors. For the most part these posts are
prefixed with OT:, so you can avoid them if you like.


--
BV
Webporgmaster of iheartmypond.com
http://www.iheartmypond.com
I'll be leaning on the bus stop post.

"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
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"DKat" wrote in message
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This used to be such a nice room to visit. After 9/11 things got nasty
when
I responded to another post saying I thought it criminal to invade
another
country that had nothing to do with 9/11, with no proof that they were a
threat to us. I would have thought things would have gone back to how
it
had been by now. It really seems that the politics of hate has taken
over
everywhere. Sadly even what had been safe havens such as this room.


IMHO, aside from the recent flood of Roy related garbage, this group is as
good as it's always been. Post your political thoughts with an OT: and
you'll be just fine. Especially during the winter, when pond talk is slow.

Its winter time, don't feed your fish, and don't the trolls.

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BV
Webporgmaster of iheartmypond.com
http://www.iheartmypond.com
I'll be leaning on the bus stop post.

Oops! That was not meant to be a posting of a political thought... just a
bit of history as to why I disappeared for a couple of years (or so it felt
like). The political discussion at the time was a OT thread. That didn't
keep it from getting very ugly.

I eventually figured out that all the weird posts I was reading came from a
crossposting bunch connected to religion. Once I blocked all of those
posters the room looked quite normal (except for the weird interaction
between a couple that seemed out of character...).

Yes, I'm a firm believer in not feeding the trolls though at times it is
tempting to play at yanking their chains... I just kill file them which
helps cut down in how crowded the room is in any case.

Thanks for the reply. DK

DK wrote Yes, I'm a firm believer in not feeding the trolls
though at times it is tempting to play at yanking their
chains

I've always advocated attaching the troll to the electric
shock pest fence...

kathy

On Tue, 2005-22-02 at 11:52 -0800, kathy wrote:
DK wrote Yes, I'm a firm believer in not feeding the trolls
though at times it is tempting to play at yanking their
chains

I've always advocated attaching the troll to the electric
shock pest fence...

I'm a firm _believer_ in not feeding trolls. But I'm weak...
--
derek

"kathy" wrote in message
oups.com...
DK wrote Yes, I'm a firm believer in not feeding the trolls
though at times it is tempting to play at yanking their
chains

I've always advocated attaching the troll to the electric
shock pest fence...

kathy

Not a good image in my minds eye.... troll s#*T everywhere....

Better late than never huh JEDI, just like your recent posts to a few
other forums to still stir up the pot.......y'all about as pityfull as
can be..........Typical though for this forum, preach the gospil but
would slide in a whore houses back door right after church
services.........

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:31:19 -0500, "jedi"
wrote:

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==="kathy" wrote in message
oglegroups.com...
=== DK wrote Yes, I'm a firm believer in not feeding the trolls
=== though at times it is tempting to play at yanking their
=== chains
===
=== I've always advocated attaching the troll to the electric
=== shock pest fence...
===
=== kathy
===
===Not a good image in my minds eye.... troll s#*T everywhere....
===

"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
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"~ Windsong ~" P@P wrote in message
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"DKat" wrote in message
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This used to be such a nice room to visit. After 9/11 things got
nasty
when
I responded to another post saying I thought it criminal to invade
another
country that had nothing to do with 9/11, with no proof that they were
a
threat to us. I would have thought things would have gone back to how
it
had been by now. It really seems that the politics of hate has taken
over
everywhere. Sadly even what had been safe havens such as this room.
===================
This isn't a political NG. Why not discuss ponds and fish instead. :-)
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
"People who want to share their religious views with you almost
never want you to share yours with them."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Carol...I agree this is not a political group, but for the most part
rec.ponds has a fairly regular and long term membership, that often enjoys
each other's company and opinions whether it be on salting your pond, or
salting your fundamentalist neighbors. For the most part these posts
are
prefixed with OT:, so you can avoid them if you like.
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I'm aware of that since I've been on and off this NG since 1996. :-)
I was just hoping to avoid more negativity here at the moment.
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Carol.... the frugal ponder...
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