From: sirslick@fast.net   
      
   On Sunday, December 17, 2023 at 7:25:01 AM UTC-5, JE Corbett wrote:   
   > On Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 8:10:57 PM UTC-5, Hank Sienzant wrote:    
   > > On Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 7:53:36 PM UTC-5, JE Corbett wrote:    
   > > > On Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 4:16:52 PM UTC-5, Bud wrote:    
   > > > > On Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 8:22:24 AM UTC-5, JE Corbett   
   wrote:    
   > > > > > I doubt I will. Just not worth the time or expense of getting a new   
   newsreader.    
   > > > > Pretty sure I won`t. I`m an old dog, I don`t want to have to learn new   
   tricks.    
   > > > >    
   > > > > But there is mixed signals, if you hit "learn more" you`ll find...   
   "Starting on February 22, 2024..."    
   > > > >    
   > > > > So maybe an extra week in paradise.    
   > > > > > This group has already been reduced to maybe a dozen regular   
   contributors,    
   > > > > > about a half dozen on each side. If we lose half of them which is my   
   guess,    
   > > > > > the remaining contributors will be speaking to a very small   
   audience. What is    
   > > > > > our most prolific poster, Yellowpanties, going to do when he doesn't   
   have LN    
   > > > > > content to delete?    
   > > > > He has chosen to become meaningless background noise. Better for him   
   then actually attempting to engage in ideas.    
   > > Yes, he’s essentially reduced to spamming the website with the same   
   couple of responses because he doesn't want to actually discuss the evidence.   
   When we've gone toe-to-toe on the evidence, he lost every time. He’ll deny   
   it of course, and call me    
   a liar, but he’ll then spam the group some more and avoid discussing   
   whatever topic is under discussion in that particular thread.    
   > >    
   > > By his actions you shall know him.    
   > >    
   > > But when you have no evidence, what recourse do you have? Ben is reduced   
   to doing what he does because he has no evidence.    
   > > > >    
   > > > > There is really nobody here to discuss things with anyway, there is   
   Ben the Troll, Gil the Martyr and assorted crackpots.    
   > > > > > The McAdams group died a sudden death when its sole moderator passed    
   > > > > > away taking the keys to the group with him. This one will probably   
   die a slow    
   > > > > > death.    
   > > > > It was dead for about a year here once, I would check in and there   
   would be little to no activity. I don`t know what brought it back to some   
   semblance of activity.    
   > > > > > I remember once coming across a newsgroup that interested me and I   
   made    
   > > > > > a long and thoughtful response to something somebody else had   
   written.    
   > > > > > After posting it, I discovered it was the first post made to that   
   group in seven    
   > > > > > years. I had come across a Usenet ghost town. I wouldn't be   
   surprised if that    
   > > > > > becomes the fate of this group, not that 99.99+% of the country will   
   give a    
   > > > > > shit or even know about it.    
   > > > > It does appear that we will be able to read the archives using google.   
   We can relive old glory.    
   > > > We could decide whether the conspiracy hobbyists have become more or   
   less stupid over the years.    
   > > > >    
   > > > > Ben had a conspiracy website, maybe we can go there.    
   > > > Maybe he has it set up for auto delete.    
   > > He found reasons to lock out everyone he disagreed with. I decided it   
   would not be worth my while to post there, as he would call me a liar and lock   
   me out in short order.   
   > I found it much simpler just to ignore his posts as I have done since early   
   last summer. He's a one trick pony. When he    
   > comes across an argument he can't respond to, which is most arguments he   
   comes across, he simply labels it a    
   > logical fallacy and deletes it. Why bother even responding to him. Come   
   February, most people won't. What's he going    
   > to do then?   
      
     Claim everyone ran away from him, of course. Declare himself the winner.   
      
     He is a sad case.   
      
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