an open letter to Catman
(part of a personal email I wrote to Catman today)

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I know that you are personally heart at some attacks recently on FlyerTalk (unfriendly replies to you personally, and, what honours you even more, also attacks on your FlyerTalk-friends).

I really care about you (and your well being) - and I don't want you to change the way you post on FlyerTalk as Catman or as Cat police. I only hope, that you understand that it is impossible to please ALL - it is impossible to be accepted by ALL - the more you are GENERALLY accepted (and that's what you are for sure on FlyerTalk - since FlyerTalk started you are the heart and soul and made FlyerTalk PERSONAL) the more of some single jealous people will be out there too - attacks of those are (even if they are hard to take some times - for me too) a COMPLIMENT.

YOUR FRIEND Rudi

post scriptum: I am sure, a majority of FlierTalkers know and appreciate, that part of the sharing/caring/gentle-man/-woman way we communicate here, with some rare exceptions, have to do with how '0ldies', like you Catman, started here and tried to 'maintain' that spirit by giving (at least trying to) good examples. Please don't give up (again).