Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: sticks Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Farewell Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2024 12:34:44 -0600 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <0x33P.9435$EMx9.8728@fx47.iad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 19:34:44 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3e28ad89fc199b6b2ee3bbad76e3757e"; logging-data="3484282"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18d4ZRR8q4Ztgjzbow6T/68" User-Agent: Betterbird (Windows) Cancel-Lock: sha1:5uQFEOuOjcr9UFWqxP0J0UvtGh4= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2056 On 12/2/2024 11:46 AM, Chris wrote: > badgolferman wrote: >> Alan Browne wrote: >> >>> >>> I'll check in again ... June? TBD. >>> >>> Be well, happy and safe going into the New Year, all! >> >> Announcing you are leaving a group is much like announcing you have >> killfiled someone. It's a weak attempt to exercise some power over >> others. > > Not at all. It's simply a reflection of his exasperation and a potential > signal for others to concur or not. > > I'm of a similar opinion to Alan. Reasonable discourse is functionally > impossible on here now. I've done my final roll of the dice... FWIW, blocking a single individual and any threads coming from that person has made this group readable again for me. I just checked the log from the filters and I can see this person is still causing the same havoc since I filtered him. I just don't have to see it anymore. Much better. -- I Stand With Israel!