On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:49:15 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 28/03/2011 1:16 PM, Landon wrote:
>
>>> Normally, I would agree, but when it comes to the sort of person who
>>> uses a hotmail address to deliver a religious message of doom and gloom
>>> to a cooking news group they are fair game. There are religious groups
>>> where they can share their intimate knowledge of god and others for
>>> kooks and whackos. Bring your religion into a non-religious group and
>>> you can expect to be confronted.
>>
>> I agree with you to an extent. If one were to respond to the person
>> who posted from the hotmail acct, "Hey dummy, are you too stupid to
>> find an appropriate group to spam?", then that would be what I
>> consider a rightful post.
>
>OKAY, asking why he needs to use a hotmail account is not aky but it
>would ge okay to call him a dummy.
>>
>> However, when the person responding uses one misdirected post to make
>> another unfair and inappropriate post, I don't agree. Discussion of
>> opinion about religion has no place on a food group unless it's about
>> the religious association to particular foods or preparation of foods.
>>
>> Insulting those who choose to believe in one religion or another is
>> just tacky and rude. There are forums for that. It ain't this one.
>
>
>It is not their choice to believe that it is the problem. It is their
>decision, their compulsion to preach. There are indeed forums where
>messages like that would be appropriate. Preaching to those who don't
>believe, or who believer in something else, is as insulting as insulting
>the preachers.

I think you and I pretty much agree. I have always tried to not be
rude to anyone if I could avoid it. A simple killfile entry will
eliminate any repeated problems without causing insult to anyone who
happens to read an insult to the original poster.

I hope you understand what I mean.