I feel for Brian here, and understand fully what he is saying about this site being a lot like having a cup of coffee with a group of "like minded" friends. ( never forget that we are all here because we think that Gordon Lightfoot is the greatest singer / songwriter ever ).
When something "big" happens in the world, many people need to discuss it with their friends. And we "are" all friends here..
So why not let people post an item which simply says,"I would like to discuss the ....events, I'm posting in Small Talk, if anyone would like to discus".
Lets not be policeman, lets just treat this in a civilised manner.
In saying this I still agree a lot with my fellow Melbournian, Joveski, we are not getting a lot of meaty topics, and I think Gord is right much of this is due to GL's health.
I'm not sure about this inner circle of "knoweverythings", I doubt that there is such a gang. But one thing I am sure of is that most of the stupid and abusive comments come from the un registered posters that we seem to have a rash of at the moment.
Maybe we should be thinking of stopping these people from posting.. ??
anyway.. keep smiling.. Ron.
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