Earlier: "... I'm here for the dialog
with anyone who wants to read and
possibly respond. I believe the list
belongs to all of us, altogether,
future readers, too. Once the 2nd
person joins, it's a 50/50
proposition. The third person
makes it a 33/33/33 proposition,
and so on...calling someone else's
contributions "obsessive" merely
identifies ourselves as intolerant,
bored, or recalcitrant. I value
every member, especially the
provocative posts, the ones that
make me think, and make me
reconsider my point of view..."
One response: "...This is a noble
sentiment...[but]...spend some
time on Usenet...unrestricted
dialog...a swamp..."
Apples and oranges.
This groups is moderated to delete spam, vandalism and extended
off-topic threads. So, if someone is not a spammer, not a vandal, and
is on-topic, the moderators don't have to spend a moment dealing with
them - let their posts through. Then it's up to us users to read, or to
scroll on.
I do not understand the complaints against posts that are not spam, not
vandalism, not off topic. I scroll past many non-spam, non-vandalism,
on-topic threads because I'm not interested. Why would I ask the
moderator to block the contributors to and readers of those threads?