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[Dick Hymen]

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

IOW, give me a name and ninety-five percent of the time I can find an off-topic "poast" or three.

[rbowman]

Years ago when my ISP tried to run a Usenet server it sucked. The server at the Free University of Berlin was free and I started to use it. I was satisfied with it and when they started charging 10 Euros a year I saw no reason to switch. ClickandBuy was shaky and the yearly charge often was flagged by my credit card company but they now use PayPal.

The Euro has weakened. It used to cost me about USD15 a year and now it's closed to 12. It isn't a major concern to me but there may also be advantages to using a server which is not located in the US as Twitter, Facebook, and others have set themselves up as arbiters of polite discourse.

[Frank]

I see 4 in my filter log since I mentioned clearing it a couple of hours ago. All political by the usual crowd.

[Ed Pawlowski]

True, including me. But it is not stifling first amendment rights to ask for manners.

[Barney Fife]

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The speed limit sign says 70 mph but it's damn hard to find anyone driving less than 80.  In fact, driving over the speed limit is illegal, possibly dangerous and could even result in a night at the sheriff's hotel.

With that in mind, does anyone think we can actually stop off-topic posts?  Citizen's arrest?

Citizen's-Arrest-How-To:

[Excuse me?]

Excuse me sir but if you had any manners you wouldn't be posting off-topic.

[ChairMan]

And you wouldn't morph hourly, f****it

[uncouth]

ok