Not really. People who use USENET for that need to get a life.

As, by your definition, do Pen Pals, or people who talk on the telephone, or
people who send EMail.

Some people think every venue is a treehouse club.

The He-Man Pilot-Hater's club!
"Don't drink the avgas! It's Spoiled!"

What does that have to do with pride? I just don't see anything
interesting about an ultralight. Just being in the air by any means
possible does not interest me. Much of my interest in aviation is in
aircraft and procedures, not just having the wind in my hair.

So why is your comment any different than the comments from pilots about
"real flying" and simulation? Because you didn't mean to say what you said,
but instead meant just that you are not interested in ultralights? Perhaps
that is what the pilots who said that simulation is not real flying meant
too.