lurking ski nut
 

G'day. I have been lurking in this group for a month or so. I really have
found the ski discourse helpful looking back over previous posts.
My question is how to stay unblocked? Do I have to not reply to certain
posters? If so, which ones? I see two particular posters who seem to have
caused a lot of disruption here, and they post nothing of value that
interests me...Are any posters real-life ski friends?

Just asking

The #1 Bum

lurking ski nut
 

On Sep 20, 2:15*pm, "Rocky Mtn.Bum" wrote:
G'day. I have been lurking in this group for a month or so. I really have
found the ski discourse helpful looking back over previous posts.
My question is how to stay unblocked? Do I have to not reply to certain
posters? If so, which ones? I see two particular posters who seem to have
caused a lot of disruption here, and they post nothing of value that
interests me...Are any posters real-life ski friends?

Just asking

The #1 Bum

Do you really want to be friends with pathological liars, dickless
cowards, psychopaths, criminals, and sick freaks who make death
threats and falsely accuse innocent men of molesting children?
Hey, you can be friends with freaks like Dick Gozinya and Tranny Boob
Thompson. Are you a child molester? You'll fit right in.
Obviously, you don't have any problem hanging out with such scumbags.
Personally, I think you're a sockpuppet for one of the dumb**** Canuck
assholes, playing another sick little game.
Especially with that laughable sig. Another dishonest asshole taking
cheap shots while condoning the filth of rsa.
Which freak are you?

lurking ski nut
 

Rocky Mtn.Bum wrote:
G'day. I have been lurking in this group for a month or so. I really
have found the ski discourse helpful looking back over previous posts.
My question is how to stay unblocked? Do I have to not reply to
certain posters? If so, which ones? I see two particular posters who
seem to have caused a lot of disruption here, and they post nothing
of value that interests me...Are any posters real-life ski friends?

Just asking

The #1 Bum

Stay out of the flame wars with the loons, or at least minimise direct responses
to them. It's not like they will ever listen to anything you say in any
meaningful way. Mostly, the people I block are the "enablers" that goad the #1
loon trying to antagonise him, and of course, the loon himself. There is never
anything of value in those threads. There have been a few people who frequently
get into it with him that I kept around for a long time, because they actually
had something interesting to say on other topics occasionally. Over time, the
ratio of real contribution to enabling became too much, and they went also.

Of course, everyone's standards are different, so you take your chances. The
major consideration is probably to stay on-topic, and avoid the flame wars.

I do wonder how many have blocked me because I have responded to threads
involving the loons, asking people to stop enabling them by responding the way
they do, mostly to no avail.

Probably 90% of the messages posted to this group involve these flame wars at
times, judging by the number of new posts that actually make it through my
filters.

lurking ski nut
 

On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:19:06 -0700, "Bob F"
wrote:

Rocky Mtn.Bum wrote:
G'day. I have been lurking in this group for a month or so. I really
have found the ski discourse helpful looking back over previous posts.
My question is how to stay unblocked? Do I have to not reply to
certain posters? If so, which ones? I see two particular posters who
seem to have caused a lot of disruption here, and they post nothing
of value that interests me...Are any posters real-life ski friends?

Just asking

The #1 Bum

Welcome aboard, lots of good folks here looking forward to your posts
and your opinions.

lurking ski nut
 

"Dick G" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:19:06 -0700, "Bob F"
wrote:

Rocky Mtn.Bum wrote:
G'day. I have been lurking in this group for a month or so. I really
have found the ski discourse helpful looking back over previous posts.
My question is how to stay unblocked? Do I have to not reply to
certain posters? If so, which ones? I see two particular posters who
seem to have caused a lot of disruption here, and they post nothing
of value that interests me...Are any posters real-life ski friends?

Just asking

The #1 Bum

Welcome aboard, lots of good folks here looking forward to your posts
and your opinions.

Thanks Dick. BTW I ski mainly at Sun Peaks and Silver Star BC

lurking ski nut
 

"Bob F" wrote in message
...
Rocky Mtn.Bum wrote:
G'day. I have been lurking in this group for a month or so. I really
have found the ski discourse helpful looking back over previous posts.
My question is how to stay unblocked? Do I have to not reply to
certain posters? If so, which ones? I see two particular posters who
seem to have caused a lot of disruption here, and they post nothing
of value that interests me...Are any posters real-life ski friends?

Just asking

The #1 Bum

Stay out of the flame wars with the loons, or at least minimise direct
responses to them. It's not like they will ever listen to anything you say
in any meaningful way. Mostly, the people I block are the "enablers" that
goad the #1 loon trying to antagonise him, and of course, the loon
himself. There is never anything of value in those threads. There have
been a few people who frequently get into it with him that I kept around
for a long time, because they actually had something interesting to say on
other topics occasionally. Over time, the ratio of real contribution to
enabling became too much, and they went also.

Of course, everyone's standards are different, so you take your chances.
The major consideration is probably to stay on-topic, and avoid the flame
wars.

I do wonder how many have blocked me because I have responded to threads
involving the loons, asking people to stop enabling them by responding the
way they do, mostly to no avail.

Probably 90% of the messages posted to this group involve these flame wars
at times, judging by the number of new posts that actually make it through
my filters.

Yes, who have you blocked and maybe I will do the same. It should alter the
appearance of my Forte Agent newsreader...
Thanks

lurking ski nut
 

On Sep 20, 3:15*pm, "Rocky Mtn.Bum" wrote:
G'day. I have been lurking in this group for a month or so. I really have
found the ski discourse helpful looking back over previous posts.
My question is how to stay unblocked? Do I have to not reply to certain
posters? If so, which ones? I see two particular posters who seem to have
caused a lot of disruption here, and they post nothing of value that
interests me...Are any posters real-life ski friends?

Just asking

The #1 Bum

Do what I initiated. Block trunky (the #1 loon). It's ok to talk about
him sometimes. Just don't talk to him. Oddly enough, even though
blocked by most it seems that he still posts often. It seems that his
existance is so lonely that he craves negative attention over no
attention. And unfortuneately for me he seems to have some sort of
obsession with me.

We have gotten together and skied a few times as a group. And there
are a few who have made trip/trips to Utah to ski and looked me up
when they get here. As you can probably understand I am more careful
about letting people know where I live now. I made that mistake once!

And in case you haven't seen it. Here is an article written by the
brother of Scott Barak Abraham formerly Scott Spittal:

http://www.backlash.com/content/email/1996/em0196.htm

I am Scott Barak Abraham's brother. I started to write a long
rebuttal to his story in Backlash ("Repressed Memory Syndrome,"
The Backlash, March 1995), but then I stopped. No matter what I
say, some will accept, some will not. But there is a thing that
must be said. Scott Barak Abraham was not, I repeat not, abused
within our household. Since this alleged abuse is one of the
pivotal points of the article, I feel it calls the validity of
the whole article into question.
Mr. Abraham was a multiple substance abuser for over twenty
years, I have never used any drugs and haven't had a drink since
I was 15 years old, 27 years ago, and was never drunk even once.
I bring this up not for moral judgment, just for one point. Mr.
Abraham poisoned his mind and body for over twenty years with
mind altering drugs and substances, all of which have been
scientifically proven to affect intelligence, perception and
memory.

Finally, as children, up to my 17th birthday Mr. Abraham molested
me, violently abused me almost daily, and to this day uses words
of derision and insult to attack and intimidate me. He denies
this. If nothing else, I remember him doing this, he denies it.
He says both of us were victims of multiple abusers, and I deny
that with absolutely no hesitation or reservation. Since the
article says False Memory Syndrome doesn't exist, he is quite
wrong, as apparently one of us is the victim of said syndrome.

A last thought. Mr. Abraham's behavior is nothing new, it hasn't
changed ever. He threatened and intimidated when he was six, he
threatened and intimidated when he was 15, he threatened and
intimidated when he was 25, he threatens and intimidates when he
is 43.

I do not use my name at the request of the publisher.

lurking ski nut
 

On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:06:46 -0600, "Rocky Mtn.Bum"
wrote:


"Dick G" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:19:06 -0700, "Bob F"
wrote:

Rocky Mtn.Bum wrote:
G'day. I have been lurking in this group for a month or so. I really
have found the ski discourse helpful looking back over previous posts.
My question is how to stay unblocked? Do I have to not reply to
certain posters? If so, which ones? I see two particular posters who
seem to have caused a lot of disruption here, and they post nothing
of value that interests me...Are any posters real-life ski friends?

Just asking

The #1 Bum

Welcome aboard, lots of good folks here looking forward to your posts
and your opinions.

Thanks Dick. BTW I ski mainly at Sun Peaks and Silver Star BC

I usually get to one of those each year, Silver Star in February for
my wife's birthday

lurking ski nut
 

On 09/20/10 16:07, Rocky Mtn.Bum wrote:

"Bob wrote:

Probably 90% of the messages posted to this group involve these flame wars
at times, judging by the number of new posts that actually make it through
my filters.

Yes, who have you blocked and maybe I will do the same. It should alter the
appearance of my Forte Agent newsreader...
Thanks

Just read for a week or so, it's not hard to figure out :-)

--
Cheers, Bev
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
"I read about this syndrome called hypochondria in a
magazine. I think I've got it." -- DA

lurking ski nut
 

Rocky Mtn.Bum wrote:
"Bob F" wrote in message
...
Rocky Mtn.Bum wrote:
G'day. I have been lurking in this group for a month or so. I really
have found the ski discourse helpful looking back over previous
posts. My question is how to stay unblocked? Do I have to not reply
to certain posters? If so, which ones? I see two particular posters
who seem to have caused a lot of disruption here, and they post
nothing of value that interests me...Are any posters real-life ski
friends? Just asking

The #1 Bum

Stay out of the flame wars with the loons, or at least minimise
direct responses to them. It's not like they will ever listen to
anything you say in any meaningful way. Mostly, the people I block
are the "enablers" that goad the #1 loon trying to antagonise him,
and of course, the loon himself. There is never anything of value in
those threads. There have been a few people who frequently get into
it with him that I kept around for a long time, because they
actually had something interesting to say on other topics
occasionally. Over time, the ratio of real contribution to enabling
became too much, and they went also. Of course, everyone's standards are
different, so you take your
chances. The major consideration is probably to stay on-topic, and
avoid the flame wars.

I do wonder how many have blocked me because I have responded to
threads involving the loons, asking people to stop enabling them by
responding the way they do, mostly to no avail.

Probably 90% of the messages posted to this group involve these
flame wars at times, judging by the number of new posts that
actually make it through my filters.

Yes, who have you blocked and maybe I will do the same. It should
alter the appearance of my Forte Agent newsreader...
Thanks

Easiest thing to do is just watch a bit. It will become quickly apparent.
Sorting through my blocked list looking for people in this group I haven't seen
in years is more than I care to bother with. Stuart and Pigo were the only two
real recently. I kept hoping they'd finally see the futility of argueing with
the loon, but no such luck.

Blocking the regular enablers does significantly change the appearance of the
group.