From: sirslick@fast.net   
      
   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.   
      
    That is what he did to Mark Urlik.   
      
    Imagine, the most dishonest person being the arbiter of truth.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)