Axe to grind know it alls

Just seperate the wheat from the chaff, some of the more ludicrous threads can be a diversion but I have also read some very informative threads too. 

Here is an example of a reply to one of my posts.....
I posted that High End Audio is Sucking The Romance out of Music....


Hello ishkabibil,

    I have no idea what you're talking about but I'm going to teach you how to spend a romantic evening with your music and your S.O.:

1, Get yourself looking and feeling as attractive as possible; haircut, shower, shave, man-scaping, a dash of cologne and some cool new clothes.
2. Cook a good meal, play some music, light a candle or two and serve it with an expensive bottle of wine.
3. When the mood strikes, move casually over to the sofa and …... make love to yourself.

    Sorry, I heard you currently don't have a S.O. Love the one your with, right?

Ignoring off topic and disruptive posts isn't always the best solution. First of all, you pretty much have to read the posts to figure if the posts are dispuptive, and secondly, the reader will often need to wade through a bunch of off-topic garbage to find out if or when the original thread ever gets back on track.
Personally, I've always thought the cure for this would be for A'gon to grant the OP of each thread, the power to delete any post in that thread.  The OP could police the content to his or her own sensibilities. 
Sure, a few of the threads may end up becoming sanitized to the point of boredom, and some could still end up as free-for-all whoopee sessions, (either of which still could be enjoyable by some).  Nevertheless, I believe most of the A'goners here would use the power to delete only when posts start to derail the thread, taking the OP's thread into an unintended direction. 
There are a great number of thoughtful posters in A'gon's history that never/rarely share their opinions and expertise anymore.  One has to wonder if constantly wading through off-topic tripe, the sniping, the shouting, and immature content; hasn't turned them completely off of A'gon. 
I believe readers would gravitate toward OPs that allow divergent opinions to be expressed while disallowing disruptive behavior.

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Thanks for your post....I approve totally your point of view....My best to you....

The light at the end of the tunnel is ... a colonoscope.

I belong to 4-5 audio boards. Each one suffers from trolls to some extent. 

We've now had decades of time to adapt our social pathologies to Internet communications. You know, the old comment that some are comfortable screaming things at others on boards that they wouldn't dare do IRL (or they might dare only because they have an AK-47 set to full auto-fire).

As the Doors put it, "People Are Strange."