Well, apparently EC wasn't clear enough for some of you.
So I'll be clear. This particular corner of Flyer Talk -- and by that I mean here plus the OMAAT forum -- has really become more than slightly nasty, personal and unhelpful.
Yeah, I get it. It's ok if it's in Rolling Stone so why not here?
Fine. So now here's something I'd respectfully ask all of you to get: this isn't Rolling Stone. It's just not. And it never will be. Some of you might be thinking, "Well, that's too bad"; others, "Thank goodness!"
Either way, the answer is still the same. This isn't Rolling Stone.
(Full disclosure: I've never met Ben or Gary; I'm not friends with them; and I rather seriously doubt I'd ever want to be.)