[Husker] Things That Are Painfully Obvious

[Pat Gaule]

I always used to look at this list as being more intelligent than most 
"fan message boards" or "fan sites" like huskerpedia.  There used to be 
something about the listserv/usenet format that filtered out a lot of 
"dumbies with keyboards" that seem to plague those sites.  
Unfortunately, it seems this is no longer the case.

It's sad that longtime posters are being driven off by individual(s) 
that cannot discuss football without resorting to namecalling..  I've 
been subscribed to this list since right before Tom Osborne's last game 
in 1997.  Back then, it was about the only way to talk Husker sports on 
the internet.  There were certainly a lot of arguments in those days, 
but they were intelligent discussions, and not the "in your face" type 
of garbage that we're seeing now.

I would hope that the longtime posters would simply resort to 
ignoring/deleting this user's messages.  Most e-mail software has 
functionality to do this automatically.

Rod Wellman wrote:

> Back in September, I criticized Callahan's playcalling against USC  
> and was repeatedly called "a troll" by 3aoo-cvfd at dea.spamcon.org.  Of  
> course, he'll hide behind semantics saying "I didn't call you a troll  
> specifically, I just called people who would say something like that  
> a troll".  Well, that's a little like Mr. Clinton when he said "It  
> all depends on what your definition of 'is' is."
>
> Now, the troll-calling has resurfaced numerous times once again in  
> response to people who are simply questioning certain aspects of  
> today's game.  I've been doing my best to ignore these posts, but  
> when they are contained in replies it's hard to do that.  How long do  
> we have to put up with these sarcastic, mean-spirited posts in the  
> course of what should be friendly conversation among Husker fans?   
> How many listers who provide valuable information (Gary Feed among  
> others) will be driven away by this one poster?
>
> Mike?