"First, thank you for my very own thread."
You are to be congratulated, although you will have to search for the initiation under a misspelled attribution.
"Second, Good Manners dictates that you mark this sort of thing OT, or at the very least mark it a META thread since it is NOT about WWing."
As you have not been particularly careful about this in your own posting history I would not blow this horn too loudly.
"Third, you might continue your deep statistical analysis by examining just how many OT threads I actually *start*. In my recollection, it is few. But I will not sit back and watch other people pitch bad ideas, dangerous to my future, hence I get involved in OT threads. But mostly, this is well after they are underway."
It would seem that you imply a distinction between the origination of an OT thread and the participation in an OT thread. There are some of us who would not embrace the distinction.
"Fourth, I rarely start or add to On-Topic threads because I have little useful to say there. I am a rookie WWer, having only done it for about
8 years and anything I might add would be of little value beyond the expertise already found here."
This is actually the funniest statement that I have found, so far. Google shows 148 postings by you to rec. woodworking, and as you claim that few of these have to do with actual woodworking, and therefore are OT, I am left to wonder at your persistance in expressing your views in a forum where you, admittedly, have no special knowledge.
"Fifth, if this group gnerally practiced self-restraint and avoided OTs
and/or limited them to very short exchanges, I would observe this without reservation. In fact, most NGs I read do exactly this and I observe the customs of the community. But you and your ilk cannot on the one hand jump in with all of the ideological gas passing the characterizes your posts and expect everyone else to observe a moment of silence in your honor. I've no idea what kind of human you are - perhaps we'd be friendly neighbors in the Real World - but by your testimony, I know your ideas are pernicious and dangerous to Liberty, hence you get counterargument from me and others. Lead by example, and I will be similarly still. "
Now, this is a very interesting expression of intent. Do you mean to say that on; alt.smokers.pipes, comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc, comp.lang.python, rec.photo.equipment.medium-format, fa.freebsd.stable, rec.photo.darkroom, comp.protocols.smb, rec.photo.equipment.large-format, rec.photo.equipment.large-format, comp.mail.sendmail, comp.lang.python.announce, gnu.emacs.bug, alt.comp.sys.palmtops.pilot, comp.mail.sendmail, rec.photo.misc, mailing.freebsd.ports, muc.lists.freebsd.stable - all of which represent a subset of the newsgroups that you have been a participant in, you have found the level of restraint greater than here on rec.woodworking?
Would you care to have this proven to be false?
Is it really necessary?
Isn't the truth obvious?
Isn't it actually the case that you have made a Usenet career of inserting yourself into groups where you have nothing to contribute and only seek to call attention to yourself , without regard for the culture of the groups that you violate?
You are a Usenet junky, Daneliuk.
You are also a conflict junky.
And your song has grown tired unto our ears.
Mr. Blanchard ("What does the turtle stand on?") has made a reasonably polite inquiry; followed by a brace of fools who misunderstood his intent.
I am not one who uses killfiles, but, if I did, you would be one of the first in the bin.
Other than his misspelling of your name, for use in the blocking of your posts, I believe him to be right on target.
Good Day, Sir.