Taking the pledge

On 3/3/2007 11:49:29 PM, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

All in favor, say "aye"...

Welcome to the other side. I have been doing this, sans pledge, for several
months now and see no reason to ever deviate from the promised path.

aye-choo.

--
Peter

On 3/4/2007 12:40:27 AM, Mike 'Flyin'8' wrote:

immediatly issues a usenet message cancel based
upon said users name and the newly posted subject?

Cancels no longer are honored by many Usenet hosts so it would be an exercise
in futility.

--
Peter

On Mar 3, 11:49 pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
Okay, folks, enough is enough. We've got good, long-term, high
quality pilots seriously discussing vandalizing someone's website,
because of said someone's troll-dom.

In the past, I have defended said troll, and lambasted said vandals,
but have now come to realize that this troll is obviously so divisive
and upsetting to some that this issue risks tearing apart the very
fabric of rec.aviation.

I personally find this amazing (he truly doesn't bother me that much)
but, in the interest of keeping this newsgroup intact and (relatively)
harmonious, I hereby publically make the following pledges, and urge
others to join me he

1. I will not respond to MX's posts.
2. I will not lambaste MX on these newsgroups.
3. I will not vandalize MX's website.

All in favor, say "aye"...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"


From my observation, there has been more posts _about_ MX by other
people than his posts. His questions are about aviation, albeit
irritating, but others' posts about him have little to do with
aviation (ie lets vandalize his website; lets get even, etc..).

Honestly, I am a bit surprised by the negative reaction from others,.
It seems to be that some pilots find his questions which are
uncharacteristic of a nonpilot to be threatening. There have been
cases when he was right and the responding pilots were wrong, yet he
got lambasted for asking such simple questions and arguing with the
responders.

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

"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
...

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.


Whoa, big fella. You're coming very close to giving beer drinking and/or
OSH a bad name.

It's already happened.

So, what does this unraveling look like?

mike
"Dallas" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 12:32:53 -0500, mike regish wrote:

What about when MX is right and some "real" pilot is wrong?

The fabric of the universe will unravel.

--
Dallas

Ummm..

Will 2 out of 3 do?

I still must reserve the right to respond to whom I wish..

Dave


On 3 Mar 2007 20:49:29 -0800, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

Okay, folks, enough is enough. We've got good, long-term, high
quality pilots seriously discussing vandalizing someone's website,
because of said someone's troll-dom.

In the past, I have defended said troll, and lambasted said vandals,
but have now come to realize that this troll is obviously so divisive
and upsetting to some that this issue risks tearing apart the very
fabric of rec.aviation.

I personally find this amazing (he truly doesn't bother me that much)
but, in the interest of keeping this newsgroup intact and (relatively)
harmonious, I hereby publically make the following pledges, and urge
others to join me he

1. I will not respond to MX's posts.
2. I will not lambaste MX on these newsgroups.
3. I will not vandalize MX's website.

All in favor, say "aye"...

Me too... I said several months ago that I was done with Anthony and I
haven't missed him at all..

Pledge my ass... Silliest thing I ever heard...

Anthony seems to live rent-free in the head of several member's of this
distinguished group.... Pretty freakn' sad...

Peter R. wrote:


Welcome to the other side. I have been doing this, sans pledge, for several
months now and see no reason to ever deviate from the promised path.

aye-choo.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
ink.net

He doesn't bother me a bit. I killfiled him long ago.

No kidding. I don't understand why more people don't take advantage of this.

--
John T
http://sage1solutions.com/blogs/TknoFlyer
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1. I will not respond to MX's posts.
2. I will not lambaste MX on these newsgroups.
3. I will not vandalize MX's website.

All in favor, say "aye"...

4. You will place the "XXX" identifier in your replies, such that any
and all MX traffic is hereby sent to yonder circular file.

TheSmokingGnu
Try very hard not to answer; but if you must, use the identifier.

Peter