Originally posted by ETOPS01:
Put this issue into perspective. Just take a step back and think about why this whole thing happened.
You'll realize that NJDavid didn't just state his opinion and get on with it, like many of those coming to his defense and exhorting us all to "just move on."
No, instead, NJDavid constantly repeated his mantra of "Deny," "Deny," "Deny," carrying on even after people had politely and just as repeatedly asked him to cut down on the noise he was generating. But no, NJDavid felt he was in the right to carry on and on. Fine. And so he did, in the spirit of dialogue.
So now, a few months later, following the spectacular failure of his "Deny" motion, folks who were fed up with NJDavid's antics have come back out of the woodwork to pay NJDavid the homage that he himself gave others by ignoring their requests to cool it with that "Deny" BS.
[This message has been edited by ETOPS01 (edited 04-30-2001).]
You know, I have no intention of even dignifying the points made against me here with even the most obvious comments.
However I must point out that my most vocal critic, ETOPS1, gives a detailed, empassioned history of why I was begging to be slapped down (for simply stating my opinions on a web site I paid for).
I have to laugh. The last post I made on Flyertalk about Denying Continental the Freddie was back in January. I almost completely stopped posting on FT around that time.
Checking ETOPS1's Profile, it says
Date Registered: 04-05-2001
Status: Member
Total Posts: 48
So we are to believe he joined this board 3 or more months AFTER what he is complaining about took place, and has the ****s to be lecturing me about conversations he wasn't around for?
Or is it rather that ETOPS1 is really someone else? A multiple handle or reincarnate perhaps? Someone created just to cause trouble out of a petty need to garner attention? Who knows. On Flyertalk today, no one can know.
Randy, I respect you and appreciate what you have accomplished here with Webflyer and Flyertalk. Remember I purchased the "Flyertalk.com" name (with Catman and Rudi) and gave it as a gift to you. I set up the first Photo gallery, and was as empassioned a defender of this site as any man alive.
Your house is not in order. The good guys are leaving, and the miscreants are taking over. The good nature and experience of countless people has disappeared from your site. What few good people are left are caught between a rock and a hard place in deciding to fight back (and be labeled trouble makers, falling to the trolls) or ignore the pounding and take the high road.
With all sincere respect, either take control of your site or shut it down. It is no longer bringing you any respect. It is a nusiance and a laughing stock.