On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 14:47:41 -0500, "Mortimer Schnerd, RN"
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote in
:


Restated, if the herd veers away from the cliff, he may still choose to steam
full speed ahead.

I'm aware you have a particular antipathy toward Anthony.

Personally, I also find discussion with him unsatisfactory. He lacks
empathy and respect for others, is too rigidly unwilling to accept
advice, and his superiority complex makes it unrewarding to debate
with him, because he refuses to cite independent authoritative sources
that support his views, and refuses to read the citations provided for
him. (To be fair, he is intelligent, knowledgeable about things other
than aviation, and I have gained knowledge from some of the content he
has provided.)

Each of us is free to post and read or not. That is all. Nothing
more.

The beer drinking, OSH crony group among the newsgroup readership
deludes themselves, in their ignorance, by believing they can effect a
total and complete ostracization of Anthony by swearing an oath.

If Anthony received no more responses to his posts, he'd probably move
along to more fertile virtual venues. But because of the very
unregulated/self-regulated nature of Usenet, it is highly unlikely
that a complete cessation of responses to his articles is achievable
for the requisite period of time to effect such a move. Therefore, it
makes little difference what the readership of this newsgroup does.
It's all about what Anthony does, and he's an obsessive gamer, and
demon article composer. Given his stated mania, it's unlikely
anything can be done to reduce his silhouette in
rec.aviation.piloting. But like a lot of folks, he'll move on
eventually.

And Jose is sagacious enough to accurately perceive the dynamics of
the situation and act appropriately.

And hopefully others will figure it out, and grow a bit in maturity,
understanding, wisdom, and not grant Anthony the power to anger them
nor impact the rec.aviation.newsgroup any more than he has already. If
not, it is the emotionality and insistence in "doing something" that
poses the true threat to the newsgroup. Think about it.

It is the immaturity and bickering that truly motivates many
accomplished airmen to distance themselves from association with this
newsgroup. Unfortunately, Anthony is accomplished at precipitating
that behavior. Folks may wise-up to it eventually, but probably not
everyone.

That's life. It's an imperfect world; make the best of it.

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort
to avoid the real labor of thinking.
-- Sir Joshua Reynolds