Top Twenty Letters

If people would stop commenting on the "Top 20" letters only to make
the same comments that have already been made several times.

Yeah...that would work for me.

I see at least 4 letters right now that are staying in the Top 20 only
because people keep adding the exact same comments that are already
there.

Let the freakin' letters die already, people.

If you're only going to add what's already there, then don't bother.

It's boring.

Is anybody really going to add anything new and insightful to the
breastfeeding on the Delta Airlines issue?
I don't think so.
It's a no winning side debate because either side is going to feel the
other person is wrong.
How many more times can one obnoxious person acting like a little boy
who has just come across his first nudie magazine amuse himself by
making "boobie" jokes, as if a woman's breast is a reason for hilarity
and giggles?

It's already been established that the lady who complained about the
kissing at Chili's is either a moron or a troll, so how many more ways
can that be said?
We already know her bragging abour her education means nothing.
Move on.

Let another letter take its place.

The experts here have already decided that lady who wanted the spoon
at Wendy's was either right to expect good service, or deserves a
public flogging for expecting it and daring to complain that she
didn't get it.

OK. There's really nothing more to add to that discussion either.
She didn't get her spoon. She complained. Get over it.

We all know that a member either is in favour of saying "Merry
Christmas" or not. We know that some feel that paganism rules and
Christianity sucks, and while those who do not believe in Christ
should have free rein to celebrate in any manner that they wish, all
those who wish to actually put the "Christ" back in "Christmas" should
lighten up and get with the secular age, while those on the other side
wish all those pagans would quit enforcing a double standard on them.
So what's the point in continuing that debate?

Ooooh...and we all know that nobody around here is a MONSTER. Nobody
makes nasty comments around here, and nobody treats anyone else with
disrespect. The commenters are only offering their opinions and it's a
free country and people are just too sensitive and blah blah blah.
Haven't enough strips been torn off anyone who dared to step forward
and point out that, yes, people here can be downright rude at times,
or even some people are rude all the time.
What's the point in keeping that discussion alive?

I really have to wonder about the sheep mentality when it comes to
commenting.
I am finding this place either more amusing by the day, or really
annoying, depending on my mood at the moment.

People are so funny.

Well, I guess I'll go first since I seem to be the one resonsible for
recently bringing the Top 20 issue to everyone's attention.

I might have said that the Top 20 list is the root of all evil, but I
never meant the list itself. It's the commenters who cause the list
to become something other than what it was intended to be. It's no
secret that in the past I have tried to get people to understand the
way the list works and how to avoid it from becoming stagnant. As a
commenter, the content of the Top 20 list is YOUR choice. If the
letter is obviously a fraud, it should be reported as such. If the
letter is simply the rantings of a lunatic but still legitimate, then
it must be ignored in order for it to go away. It's not a difficult
concept to understand.

There's no reason for the letters not to get new views each day, but
for anyone to continue clicking on them over and over, and repeating
comments that have already been posted, is simply foolish and serves
no purpose whatsoever, except to keep the letter on the list long
after it becomes redundant and boring.