AOPA shutting down their message board

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 18:16:09 GMT, "OtisWinslow"
wrote in
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This
came about because they were unable (or unwilling) to control a couple rogue
members. (One of them no longer flies and has open contempt for those of us
who still do, and the other one was one of those who caused the demise
of AvWeb).

Who are those members? What sort of remarks did they post that were
so powerful as to shut down AOPA's message board? As destructive as
they may be, they must possess considerable literary talent to wield
such power.

"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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[...] As destructive as
they may be, they must possess considerable literary talent to wield
such power.

The pen is mightier than the sword, don't forget.

On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 10:41:23 -0700, "Peter Duniho"
wrote in
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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
.. .
[...] As destructive as
they may be, they must possess considerable literary talent to wield
such power.

The pen is mightier than the sword, don't forget.


It would be nice to know who the two pilots, to whom the OP referred,
are, and specifically what they posted on AvWeb that precipitated the
legal action, as well as their specific comments that resulted in AOPA
closing their message board. I'd say they wield a mighty "sword"
indeed.

It would be nice to know who the two pilots, to whom the OP referred,
are, and specifically what they posted on AvWeb that precipitated the
legal action, as well as their specific comments that resulted in AOPA
closing their message board. I'd say they wield a mighty "sword"
indeed.


Both shall remain nameless.

Only one of the AOPA posters was involved in AvWeb's trouble. That
poster was one of those sued by the aviation attorney for his attacks
on said attorney. The other AOPA poster no longer flies and has a general
contempt for anyone who does. He was tossed from another board.

They both have a pattern of right wing extremist politics and personal
attacks on other board members whom they may deem undesirable
for whatever reason.

OtisWinslow wrote:

They both have a pattern of right wing extremist politics and personal
attacks on other board members whom they may deem undesirable
for whatever reason.

Seems to match what I've seen on Usenet Newsgroups...

They both have a pattern of right wing extremist politics and personal
attacks on other board members whom they may deem undesirable
for whatever reason.

Seems to match what I've seen on Usenet Newsgroups...

That's funny -- I was thinking it seemed like just the opposite of the
usenet newsgroups.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote

That's funny -- I was thinking it seemed like just the opposite of the
usenet newsgroups.

Right. The correct (or popular) stance gets support, and the offending
weenie usually goes off running, with his tail between his legs. (or worse,
ignored, and laughed at) g
--
Jim in NC

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:feH6e.7058$Bb3.3481@attbi_s22...
They both have a pattern of right wing extremist politics and personal
attacks on other board members whom they may deem undesirable
for whatever reason.

Seems to match what I've seen on Usenet Newsgroups...

That's funny -- I was thinking it seemed like just the opposite of the
usenet newsgroups.

As well, I can recall off the top of my head a couple of commercial BB's
that were shut down because of left wing crybaby/trolls that flooded the
boards causing the companies to have to shut them down. Two were "leisure"
related and two pertained to construction that were flooded by
EarthFirsters.

Jay Honeck wrote:

That's funny -- I was thinking it seemed like just the opposite of the
usenet newsgroups.

Not as a majority, every active newsgroup seems to have a couple of
misfits, a definite minority...

"Darrel Toepfer" wrote in message
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OtisWinslow wrote:

They both have a pattern of right wing extremist politics and personal
attacks on other board members whom they may deem undesirable
for whatever reason.

Seems to match what I've seen on Usenet Newsgroups...

Hmmm...I've noticed the opposite.