From: pc+usenet@asdf.org   
      
   Mark  writes:   
   > Yazoo  wrote:   
   >> On 22 May 2024 07:56:42 GMT, Sir Tim  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>Yazoo  wrote:   
   >>>> Hi all!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> This group is for Formula 1 and F1 fans, so stick to the theme.   
   >>>> If you just have to discuss politics, please find other   
   >>>> way/medium/newsgroup.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Thank you.   
   >>>> Y.   
   >>>   
   >>>And there was I thinking that, in a world where very few people have even   
   >>>heard of Usenet, the “Net Police” was a thing of the past.   
   >>   
   >> We don't need net police, we just need to be polite and respectful.   
   >> That's all.   
   >   
   > I'd add that while I personally don't care if politics are discussed (so   
   > long as they're kept to simple threads I can ignore), Usenet (and the   
   > Internet/Social Media in general) is not the best forum if you actually   
   > want to achieve anything. Even when parties enter into a discussion in   
   > good faith (increasingly rare), at some point it almost always descends   
   > into tribal bickering (cf. any thread on Hamilton or Verstappen). At   
   > that point, the only purpose is to bolster the egos of the participants   
   > because they are no longer trying to listen to the other side or to   
   > fairly judge the merits of a position.   
      
   Yeah, but we've got the off-season for proper off-topic time wasting.   
   There's enough politics in F1 that we can gibber about that if we want   
   stuff directly related to what happens on track, no need to import the   
   insanities of a bunch of inbreds into the discussion.   
      
   > Hey ho. 35 years of using Usenet makes you jaded...or realistic. (Pick   
   > either or both)   
      
   Yikes, scary. I guess it was 1990 for me. 2nd year at uni, when I   
   finally got my hands on the mythical VAX cluster.   
      
   However, after sticking with it through thick and thin, I'm pleased to   
   say I think it's actually improved recently. Mostly due to the googoo   
   droolers fucking off.   
      
   Phil   
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   gained some understanding of the world in which we live. As such, we can cast   
   aside childish remnants from the dawn of our civilization.   
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