in article 1112190144.017756.193680@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, John W. at
worthj1970@yahoo.com wrote on 3/30/05 10:42 PM:

> Ed wrote:
> 
>> I'd say that what we need is more real people posting instead of
> troll posts
>> which now outnumber the real posts.
>> 
>> Sadly, I am as guilty as anybody in slacking off. It's not that I was tired
>> of posting on this group, but rather that I have been having problems with
>> gaining access to this newsgroup. Fortunately, I have found the reason for my
>> problems ( many problems, but the main problem was a very bloated temp
>> internet file) and can now continue providing intelligent responses to
>> idiotic questions as I have done in times past.
> 
> Well I just posted (I think; never know with the new Google it seems) a
> topic that's highly engaging and worthy of your comments.
> 
> John W.

I admit that I too don't post here as much as I used to, and most of the
messages are really cross-posted from soc.culture.japan, where I battle the
fans of the Japanese Imperial Army.

It used to be that this was a good place to talk about life in Japan, but I
notice that whenever a new person posts something that is not an outright
troll, they get shot down. One guy wanted to discuss Kurosawa, some other
had pictures of Japan on his website, some wanted travel advice.

We need new blood, of the non-troll type.