AOPA shutting down their message board

On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 10:41:23 -0700, "Peter Duniho"
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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...

On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 21:19:42 GMT, "OtisWinslow"
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Both shall remain nameless.

Why?

"OtisWinslow" wrote in message
...
They announced they were shutting it down on Monday. Supposedly it's
going
to reopen in about "4 to 6" weeks. In the mean time they say they're
going
to "upgrade" it but they haven't decided what software because their
lawyers are looking at ways to tighten up the rules and protect them.
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). So AOPA takes this resource away from ALL members
because it lacked the courage to deal with the trouble makers.
Unbelievable.
I'm betting we never see it again.



There seems to be a lot of that "Cowardly Lion" syndrome going around.
Maybe wimps are attracted to organizations.

John Lowry
Flight Physics

OtisWinslow wrote:
They announced they were shutting it down on Monday. Supposedly it's
going
to reopen in about "4 to 6" weeks.
snip

No great loss, IMHO. I was over there a couple of weeks ago and the
boards were dead. It looked like they were only averaging one or two
dozen post per week.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)