I have an idea... why not flood them with recipes???
LOL! 2 can play this game. We can flood them until they cry UNCLE.
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On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 11:03:11 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
> In the last day or so, rfc has been 'hit' with a couple of posts which
> didn't make any sense to most people but which were cross-posted to
> rec.pets.cats.anecdotes. This is the result of a flame war being conducted
> by people from rec.pets.cats.health+behav towards people in
> rec.pets.cats.anecdotes for some imagined slight. Much name calling and
> killfiling of the cross-posters ensued.
>
> Now they've publicly admitted (via Google) they intend to flood this group
> with their crap:
>
> "Trish" > wrote in message
>
>
> ...
>
>
> > "Candace" > wrote in message
> > oups.com...
> > > Charlie Wilkes wrote:
>
>
> > > > That is the issue that gives rise to my continuing interest in Dan's
> > > > Usenet career. Rather than be upset, I think it is better just to
> > > > hang out in RPCA and warn newbies about what a shithead Dan is. It
> > > > will be fun and entertaining.
>
>
> > > Only problem with that is there are hardly any newbies in the Stepford
> > > Group. Their clique-y-ness and inside jokes/info make it
> > > user-unfriendly to most new people who venture in there.
>
>
> > snip
>
>
> > > Candace
>
>
> > lol I love that... could not have said it better myself
>
>
>
> But you know, this could change. It may be time for it to change.
> It is never good for people to get to proprietary over newsgroups.
> One would not want the sweet people at anecdotes to truly believe
> that they have a right to control the content of the group. That would
> not be fair to them. It would only mean a ruder awakening later on.
> There are, after all, anecdotes about cats in many groups. We
> wouldn't want the rpca folks to miss any.
>
> Another thought: when they post recipes, I think we should
> share them with the cooking groups! We could make many
> more people happy this way!
>
>
> Spreading happiness is a good thing.
I am feeling happier
> already."
>
> **********************************************
>
> Let's show them what "clique-y-ness" is all about! Killfile the trolls.
> Please do not respond to the cross-posts. They are not interested in food
> or food related questions, they just want to stir up a bunch more shit and
> now drag this group into the mix. Grrrrrr.
>
> **********************************************
>
> OB Food: looks like it will probably rain. So I'm going to dredge the fish
> lightly in Zatarain's fish-fry seasoning and pan-fry it. The seasoning is
> lighter than cornmeal (more like a masa meal) and lightly spicy.
>
> Jill