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Would it not have been far better then for Ess, and for you, for that matter, to also have emailed Randy, and I, rather than to post the "offensive" material(s)? Just asking!

And for the sake of clarity, neither Ess or NJDavid have now offered, or EVER offered, any apology, of any kind, public or private, at any time, EVER.

Excepting one ultimately answered email reply from them, stemming from a comment I'd initiated previously, neither has ever emailed me either - at any time!

Incidentally, this remark is "fact based" only in the sense that I have actually never personally received anything from them!

Yet, of course, tomorrow is another day!

Again, for the record, as most FT'ers are perhaps all too acutely aware, I have personally and VERY publicly apologized for any perceived offense(s) that I may have "committed" on numerous occasions. Let me please restate that "I am sorry!"

FT is a wonderfully great place to visit!

As was once noted so very simply, and yet so very eloquently by "dgolds" a long while back and expressed in various ways by others...

"Folks, we have something rare and good going on here. Let's try and keep it that way."

FWIW, IMHO, from my limited sense of what has lead to a possibly decreasing level of participation of "prominent" FT'ers of the past, it has been the increasing flames, bitterness and acrimony that causes it.

As I'd noted previously, politely offering a few suggestions to consider prior to criticizing other FT'ers:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum73/HTML/000338.html