On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 10:49:18 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> Why, oh *why*! does what started out as a post of a recipe (good, bad,
>> indifferent) and food always turn into a political debate?! There are
>> other newsgroups for that.
>
>LOL! Not really, Jill. This is about the only ng where politics can
>be discussed at least for a short time. You go to any political
>newsgroup and see what's there. No discussions...only trolls yelling
>back and forth and calling all stupid. There is NO political
>discussion on any political newsgroup.
>
>We are a fairly small group of regulars here. We all know each other
>somewhat and we shouldn't be limited to food only. Let's talk as
>friends...about anything that comes up. It's mostly about food here
>(and how you are stupid for eating this or that). heheh

we have enough anger issues and dissension here; we don't need to add
politics to the mix.
Janet US