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."

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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.

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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
--
I used to have a handle on life...but it broke off.