.

Why?  Don't you have any warm and fuzzy things you can share with us about
your owners?

On this issue, I have to agree with you.  The old, "I may not agree with
what you say but I will fight to the death to defend your right to say it"
thing.

*However*, there are *thousands* of places and newsgroups on the net where
people flame each other, vent their spleen, and act totally barbaric and
cruel to each other.  There no shortage of places like that to be found if
that's what you like to do.

This little corner of the usenet world is a haven, a place where people
*LIKE* each other and *LOVE* each others furry little owners.  This is a
place where we *HELP* each other (there's been many a kitty here whose vet
bills have been paid by total strangers - and even a plane fare purchased
for someone who desperately needed to be with their family over the
holidays).  This is totally unheard of anywhere else on the 'net that I know
if.

Here is where I come when the world has been kicking me around, my boss has
screamed at me, and I'm feeling depressed.  Here is where I come when I am
sick at heart over the cruelty in the world, the abuse to babies or animals
that has become just too much for me to bear on my own any longer.

I would hate for this group to become like all the rest - we already have
all the rest if we feel like being contentious.  This place is special, this
place is even a little bit magic.

No, this is where you're wrong.  There's all kinds of enforcement.  One form
of enforcement is just plain ignoring what we don't want here (or better yet
using it to share recipes).  When it comes down to it, flamers and troll
just want attention and they go away pretty quickly when they don't get it.

Purrs back at yours, and I did go look at the pics of your kitties, they're
adorable (especially the little tuxedo with the spotted nose!).

Hugs,

CatNipped

On Thu 17 Feb 2005 07:40:23p, Mary wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
(news:aHlwYXRpYQ==.5b385eafb8994a2a9495cb310d551483@
1108687223.nulluser.com):

Gawd you're just so full of yourself. In my mind you are a very
small person with a very big head. Like a caricature.

Mary Smith indeed. Your only point in posting here in the first
place was to bait. Ignoring someone lying about me is not going to
happen with me, I don't care where it is. I'm glad you're leaving.
Good riddance. Go play in health and behavior. At least you have
slurpers there.

Oh yes we can. We've been doing it for years. :)

.

You are more than welcome to share warm and fuzzy kitty things. You always
have been.

I, and probably the rest of the group, don't give a fig what happens on
other groups. Dragging other group's politics into this one does neither
group justice.

Unfortunately, I think you've missed the point of RPCA. We're not just
nameless faceless handles posting words up for other people to read. The
relationships formed here are as much in Real Life as they are in
cyberspace.  This isn't *just* a global, unmoderated forum, it is a
*community*, and we act as such.

Any anecdotes you might want to share about your kitties will always be
welcome here. As are Lyn's, Cheryl's and Karen's and anyone elses for that
matter. We place nice here, and if you can't keep your personal diagreements
with other people to yourself, then this probably isn't the group for you.
There are bazillions of other NGs that you'd probably enjoy, all we ask is
that you let us enjoy our little bit of cyberspace in peace.

Yowie

All I can tell you is,  I came to this group because I love cats, and
want to talk to other cat lovers.  I joined this community and have
stayed with it because I discovered the people posting here were also
friendly and fun in addition to being as nuts about cats as I am.

I don't think anybody here is trying to be a policeman or woman.  But
we want RPCA to remain the friendly, relaxed group it is now. We
understand that usenet is not moderated, but shouldn't the general will
of the participants of any given forum count, as far as how topics are
discussed?  Perhaps that isn't your style, and that's fine. Groups that
argue and flame one another  more than they talk about the subject(s)
at hand aren't my style, as it happens.  I'd be sorry to see this Forum
degenerate into that kind of News Group.  If it were to happen, I'd
leave, however regretfully.

Melissa