Vaughn wrote:
"George Z. Bush" wrote in message
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John Keeney wrote:
"Vaughn" wrote in message
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"WalterM140" wrote in message
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Oh, yes. There is a Republican party dirty tricks apparatus:

Imagine if a bunch of people from some other country (say France)
hijacked rcm to talk about their domestic politics. Do you suppose that
would **** you off? It is incredibly arrogant to think that the whole
world is so interested in USA politics that it is OK to smear it across any
newsgroup that takes your fancy.

Just block him and be done with it.

Actually, it's incredibly arrogant to think that the US owns ram and that
only Americans are entitled to use it.

Who the hell thinks that? If you take the time to read what I said (you
quoted it above) you will find exactly the opposite idea. This is, and always
has been, an international group. We should not be junking it up with OT
discussions about domestic US politics like the one that started this thread.

On re-reading what you said, I must confess to a bit of confusion about what you
were trying to say. Actually, though, I don't think that the world is so
uninterested in US politics that it'd be inappropriate to discuss it in NGs like
this. We all need to keep in mind when our country roars, other less powerful
or influential nations perforce quake or at least shake a little. They might
very well think that it'd behoove them to pay attention to what's going on over
here in our domestic political lives.

Of course, it'd only be courteous to identify such OT subjects for the benefit
of foreign readers who might choose to skip such discussions. However, to
suggest that we ought to keep such discussions out altogether shows no respect
for the rights of Americans to exercise the free speech guaranteed to all of us
by our Constitution's First Amendment.

George Z.