There Be No Shelter Here for James Wheeler:
> 
> graham22 wrote:
> >
> > "Mike Umphlett"  wrote in message
> > news:3AD4DFA7.DCF25C14@hpesmcu.fc.hp.com...
> > > But the question has still not answered.
> > >
> > > How is advertising a NASCAR collectible one time
> > > in a NASCAR newsgroup "spamming"?
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > P.S. You don't watch your TV to be advertised
> > > to...do ya? You don't read magazines to be
> > > advertised to, do ya? But, it happens. Do you
> > > whine and moan about that too? Pretty thin skinned
> > > about a little USENET group aren't ya?
> > >
> > But it's NOT just ONE advertisement (please pardon my shouting.) If you
> > don't stop the first one, other casual readers will think it's ok to
> > advertise their junk here, too. This isn't TV, or a magazine, it's a
> > newsgroup that has basic rules and one of those is: get the spammers before
> > they get us.
> >
> > Jayne Graham
> > 22fan
> >
> > Wesistance is usewess. (Fudd of Borg)
> 
> Exactly.  As a friend of mine once said here, "A trickle becomes a stream, a
> stream becomes a river, a river becomes a flood, a flood becomes a tidal wave,
> and a tidal wave makes RASN unreadable."

What a laugh.  A couple of days ago, someone posted a for-sale of some
diecast and forgot to include his URL.  I saw several people holding out
their wallets whining about how they couldn't get in touch with the
guy.  
Half the posts in RASN are infights, and the rest consist of
inarticulate gruntings by kooks and construction workers with big #3's
in their rear windshields.  Big loss to usenet there.

> The difference between TV and rasn is that advertisers on TV pay for every ad,
> and commercials aren't going against any rules.  RASN is a discussion group
> about NASCAR, it specifically states in the charter that "for sale" ads (except
> for tickets, and then only at face value) are prohibited. 

It's an *unmoderated* group.  When you refer to the "charter", you're
talking about something that has about as much relevance to the
here-and-now of RASN as a Dead Sea scroll.  RASN was newgrouped, and
that's it.  The charter means jack shit now.

> If we let one advertise, how can we not allow others?  

You act as if you've got a choice, Jiiiiiiiiimmy.

> Who makes the decision on what's OK and what isn't?

[raises hand]  I will!

> How do they make that decision?  It's easier to ban ads
> altogether.  Granted, the word SPAM is tossed around an awful lot and has lost
> some of it's original meaning (similar to the word "troll") but the fact remains
> that "for sale" ads are banned in RASN.  It's really the only option that makes
> sense.

Then you dinks need to find a more discreet way of going about
"enforcing" your rules.  If some fuckhead waddles in and yells "don't
try selling ME your SHIT" he's going to be flamed and laughed at. 
Deal.  
Where is that little pissdrinker anyway?  I need a word with him.


ews

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