Mxx Observation

What I find interesting are the various reactions to this poster. The
bandwidth expended on this person is unbelievable.
My read on it is this FWIW;

This scenario is nothing new to Usenet. This type of thing has been going on
in Usenet for as long as I can remember.
Each person encountering someone like Mxsmanic has to make up their own mind
how and/or even if they want to interact with him (her or whatever).
Personally, I ran across this person on another newsgroup and formed an
opinion after a few exchanges that led to a decision simply to not post to
him/her/whatever.
On Usenet, you make these decisions right or wrong based on what is
exchanged between you and another poster and how the exchange goes between
you and that poster. Mutual respect and mutual common courtesy are easy
enough to recognize both if present or absent, and if you believe these
things are missing, you just disengage.
Sometimes this poses a secondary decision if the poster you wish to
disengage with reposts again to you. The process is simple really. You judge
these things and make these decisions on a constant basis on Usenet.
In this specific case, involving this poster, I simply feel there is nothing
to be gained from any interaction between the two of us. I don't hate this
poster, nor do I even dislike this poster. I simply have made a calculated
decision based on my initial exchanges with him/her/whatever, that nothing
of value would result from further exchange.
Far be it from me to advise others how to deal with these things, but it
seems fairly clear to me that much might be gained for the group at large by
those heatedly engaged with both this poster and each other, if they would
simply pass on his postings instead of engaging them.
There will always be those who for their own reasons, will engage a poster
like this one. Perhaps they find worth in the posts being made. Perhaps they
feel the need themselves to engage....who knows really?
It's no crime for this poster to post on Usenet on any group with any
question or comment. Usenet is a free form of human discourse and as such
attracts all kinds of posters. As individuals, we'll like some of these
people, and some of them will just rub us the wrong way.
In the end, it's not the individual poster who runs down a newsgroup. It's
really the responders who accomplish both the good and the bad on a
newsgroup. The unwanted poster has a natural right to remain and be as
nasty, unfriendly, stupid, moronic, idiotic, pedantic, or as friendly,
knowledgeable, and respectful as he/she/whatever wants to be within the
confines of the newsgroup charter. It's up to the responders to control
these "situations". In the end analysis, if it's as bad as this one seems to
be, those wishing to avoid this poster should just do so and those wishing
to engage this poster should by all means be allowed to do so without
written penalty from the group.
As I said, personally, I fall into the category of one who has chosen to
avoid this particular poster. I surely wouldn't want to push this decision
on others, so I simply pass on the situation unless I have something
specific I want to say that's basically non-threatening, as I have done
here. I feel no need to "plonk" the poster either. In fact, as I have said
in the past, I find the entire situation quite humorous at times. :-)
Dudley Henriques

"Al G" wrote in message
...

Reading MXx's responses to our answers, ****ed me off a bit, and I
began to wonder why.

Somewhere I got the idea that if I didn't know something, and asked
someone who did, I might actually profit from respectfully listening to
their answer. While I might have some further questions, my original
ignorance pretty much precludes my disregarding the answer all together,
and/or telling the person I first asked, that he doesn't know ****. This
became more pronounced after I scared the crap out of myself a couple of
times.

Although Pilots in general are a pretty confident lot, they are aware
that they can get seriously killed doing this, and are actually pretty
humble in the face of "New Knowledge" or "Mother Nature". They generally
treat someone who has "Been there, Done that, and survived" with a little
respect. None of this applies to Mx...... He has no actual experience, has
never been scared, and has acquired no humility. Were I his instructor, he
would be my number 1 pick to go bump in the night. Since my students and I
fly actual aircraft in a real world, normally this is a self solving
situation. Natural selection seems to work, and when I am faced with a
trainee that has become "a legend in his own mind", I don't normally have
to listen to his crap for very long.

I used to wonder where the French came by the stereotype of Arrogant,
Ignorant, Self righteous, Pompous, frogs. With these exchanges, I have
accepted the "New Knowledge" offered, and I no longer wonder. What an
ambassador.

Al G