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Goodbye
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But it struck me as I was enduring the pain of that massage that participation in the newsgroups gets more painful by the year, but no longer holds any particular benefit for me. Technical discussions break down into pointless bluster as often as not (ala "jim beam") and discussions about social issues have long since ceased to hold any promise of civil discourse. And it only gets more and more shrill as time goes by. snip As a long time reader (and a very infrequent contributor) I'm also finding that participating in this newsgroup is becoming less and less enjoyable. I don't mind an occasional, spirited political or technical discussion. But the venom that some people pour into their posts is totally uncalled for. What is sad is that the wit and humor has slowly drained out of this news group as the temperature of the political debate has risen. I used to count on rec.bicycles.misc to provide me with a few good chuckles every day. Now those funny posts are few and far between. I know that we live in a f---ed up world and it is hard to shut the problems of the world out. And I certainly don't advocate that anyone ignore the problems our world is facing. But, come on people; RBM is a bicycle discussion group. Bicycling is supposed to be fun! RBM is supposed to be centered around the joy and fun of riding bicycles. Mark, all the best to you. We are going to miss you here. Hopefully you and I can get together sometime and go for a bike ride. A bet it would be fun. -- Paul D Oosterhout I work for SAIC (but I don't speak for SAIC) |
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