Why rec.collecting.books?

On 17 Feb 2004 04:42:37 -0800, (John R.
Yamamoto-Wilson) wrote:

Just out of interest, does anyone out there have any idea *why* the
rec.collecting books newsgroup is so frequently targeted by bigots?
We've had citizens of the United States of America (God bless them!)
inciting one another to kill their fellow citizens in the name of the
son of their God (who, they say, died for the love of mankind), we've
had illiterates who hang on desperately to their white pride because
they so evidently have nothing else to be proud about, we've had calls
to wipe out a couple of billion people in retaliation for 9.11, but
*why*?

What is it about rec.collecting.books that attracts the flies? Other
newsgroups I lurk in or contribute to don't seem to suffer this
affliction (though I note, on this occasion, that golf enthusiasts
have been honoured by a similar visitation).

Any ideas?

John
http://rarebooksinjapan.com


Cause they also like reading books about what they post about, or
maybe they are writing such a book.

A bigger question is why didn't you delete rcb off the posting list if
you don't want to continue this. Notice I removed aus.rail so I may
never know if you reply.




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''To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.''

Tom Shelly, White God wrote: [snip]

My apologies. I'd intended to post my previous message to the flame group
only, precisely to avoid the messiness of other newsgroups having to suffer
these off-topic crosspostings. I'm afraid I slipped up and posted without
removing the other newsgroups from my header.

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John
http://rarebooksinjapan.com

Jim wrote:

Could you even imagine a serious response to this question?

Actually, I have my suspicions that, in the case of rec.collecting.books,
there may be a simple answer.

All you're doing is inviting the trolls to go at it (and you) all
over again.

They're welcome to have a go at me. They won't ruffle me with their views,
I'm merely curious as to why they seek to air them here.

the racist nonsense, and the political baloney, and all the other
off-topic stuff that wastes our time and bandwidth.

Yes, I had aimed to cut down on that as much as possible by responding to
people in the group they appear to have posted from, and trimming the other
groups from the posting list, but I've already slipped up once.

The answer to "why" is very simple: because they can

Well, but I lurk in and post to a number of other Usenet newsgroups that
have far less disturbance of this kind. I can't speak for rec.arts.opera,
but - I repeat - I think there may be an identifiable reason in the case of
rcb.

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John
http://rarebooksinjapan.com

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 08:15:09 -0000, "michael adams"
wrote:

[snip fore and aft]

I wouldn't want to
get into an argument as to how you prove someone is a genuine idiot on
Usenet or just pretending. So that you may get a very skilful parody

Whenever I appear to be an idiot on usenet I'm just pretending.

Honest.

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l3mst0r

michael adams wrote:

if you're set on winding up liberal types - then searching
out a group with "books" in the title seems to make sense.

Yes, it quite possibly is nothing more than that.

Many of the flame groups perform a cathartic
effect, in that they allow people to kick over the traces and react
aginst their upbringing. etc. So that these people needn't necessarily
be racists

Oh, I know. And, conversely, the politically correct aren't necessarily
enlightened in any way or even necessarily *not* racist (I've had plenty of
experience in this area!).

Many people might nevertheless feel that overt racism should be
challenged at every opportunity, and especially that it should be
made clear that racist nonsense is unwelcome on rec.collecting books.

I might have stuck in the odd barb against racism, but my main motivation
was curiosity about why this newsgroup gets targeted so much more often
than, say, rec.antiques.

Nevertheless this can still be achieved by removing the cross-posts
before replying.

In other words, nothing is really gained by not trimming all the cross
posts before replying to people whose views you wish to object to

Well, as it turns out I think you're right. If there is any other answer
than the one you have given the flame group - and rcb itself - are the only
places that I feel I might yet get that answer from. But since I couldn't be
sure of that when I set out I included all the newsgroups that the "Redfern
burns!" OP posted to because, in principle, any one of them might have been
able to shed some light.

the sorry position of the Austalian Aborigines* is a reality

Yes, I'm well aware of that!

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John
http://rarebooksinjapan.com

On 18 Feb 2004 07:39:32 -0800,
(Proudly Anonymous) wrote:

"Mick" wrote in message ...
"Sven Olafsson" wrote in message
om...
(John R. Yamamoto-Wilson) wrote in message
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Sven Olafsson wrote:

Please keep this off-topic posting out of AFN.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Sorry, cannot comply since (a) it is not off-topic and (b) the
cross-posting originates with the OP, who posts here regularly.

Once again, if anyone has any ideas why rec.collecting.books gets
spillover from here, do let us know.

OK mate, I can't stop you trolling, but your post was not on-topic
since it contained no flames and did not mention ******s in our
peaceful little corner of usenet. Also, it did not contain any
content appertaining to Australian rail, law enforcement, swinging
golf bats or collecting books in everyone elses'. Who is the OP,
anyway? I only saw this about 5 posts in. Come to that, why is it
X-posted to our informative and tranquil, non-threatening NG?

Sven.

PS: My fav book is actually Lord of the Rings. I read it when I was
twelve, about 30 years back. The cover is far better than the current
editions and evokes mental imagery which is sadly lacking in some of
the recent publications. I firmly believe that a cover can make or
break a book. As they say about food: the first bite is with the eye.

And what relevance has this to aus.rail?

Shame on you all for crossposting this BS! This must stop!


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On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 00:02:56 -0000, "michael adams"
wrote:

I'm still trying to visualise a typical habituee of
alt.karl.malden.nose myself, a cross-post I've seen elsewhere.

http://digital.net/~gandalf/meow.txt

HTH

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Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.