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Posted by: IH Geek [Dave]

Lions, crocs, and wildebeasts? How about just the fishes?

A wide, fast-flowing river is at our feet. There are many fish in the river. Millions have passed by our particular spot, and millions more are yet to come. Blink and hundreds have passed into oblivion without our notice.

All of the fish feast upon other fish or other life forms. Some fish are bigger, some smarter, most are predators to one degree or another, all are potential prey. The schools of small fish don't generally care about the predators because quantity has a quality all its own. Most of the fish just "go with the flow" and don't spend their time worrying about the agendas of other fish. Some fish that distinguish themselves get caught by hooks or nets. Some that are caught are put back, hopefully wiser, other are taken to the grill. Meanwhile, most go by without fanfare while they do whatever it is that fish do. The river flows and life goes on. Blink.

Some would have us dam the river to try and catch a tiny number of fish who are allegedly working together to control an area of water that is flowing along with the rest of the river. That's not going to happen, especially when those fish are doing what it is that fish do.

Should I object to an alleged gang of handful of users showing up here and posting about this topic in what could easily be construed to be an organized manner? Should I presume that it is organized? If I asked if there had been any other discussion between any of those allegedly conspiring persons about this topic and posting here, what would the answer be? And even if the answer is that there had been coordination, should the participants be sanctioned? No, because they are orderly and civil and complying with the house rules. Mostly.

In a nutshell, Group A complains about alleged organized "pumping" by Group B. Group B complains about alleged organized "bashing" by Group A. The true underlying basis to both sets of complaints is the subjective content of the other posts; we don't like it and don't think it should be allowed, so let's try and manufacture a rationale by which the content we object to can be stopped. The objectors tend to focus on whatever topic or user(s) are in their sights at the moment, to the exclusion of all else. Tomorrow it'll be something else, and the next day someone else. Meanwhile, the river flows and 99.9% of the fish are oblivious to it.

Each user has the ability to "ignore" posters if they don't want to see their content. The commercials are there; if you want to use your DVR to skip them, go for it.

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