Re: Awwwww, dammit...

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Blade wrote:

> Don't go there, or you WILL be a troll.  I've been on these groups since
> 1996 or so (when my "contingent" barely existed); there isn't a class war
> going on, and in fact this is in most respects a very civil newsgroup.  I
> don't mind ranting against the fanboys when there's a specific reason,
> but trying to start something to push a group of people out of this group
> is wrong, and I doubt you'll get much support for it even from people who
> are generally like-minded to you.  Certainly I wouldn't.

Right. Of course, the pressure in this group (not from everyone, mind) to
buy only legitimate anime (as opposed to fansubs/digisubs), can be well...
a bit much.  Not only does it (legitimately) drive away the people who
think those who buy legal stuff are fools, it also drives away people who
come here for other aspects of the group's conversation.  Granted,
virutally the only way you can stop people from downloading and not buying
is through peer pressure... it does seem that the posters' attitudes
around here do more to drive off potential members of this group, rather
than encouraging them to stay.

Lena