The answer is simple. Don't read what does not interest you. If all you need/want is technical information stay out of the non-technical forum. If the title of a topic does not interest you, don't open it. Dish Network has a couple of hundred choices but I generally watch only what interests me. I don't expect Dish Network to drop all the channels I'm not interested in. Similarly, I only read the posts on BA.com that look interesting and leave the rest. I don’t expect everyone else to shut up simply because what they are talking about is not of interest to me.

I am reminded of a woman who approached me on the golf course to complain about my cigar. She couldn’t even smell it from her foursome but felt it necessary to scold me because its mere existence offended her. I will not repeat what I told her, but I will say that a little tolerance and forbearance with our fellow humans goes a long way toward living a happier life.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.