I didn't close it. A number of members of FlyerTalk closed it when they repeatedly did not comprehend that regardless of the forum you post on FlyerTalk, you must abide by the rules of our TOS and really even more importantly, the rules of simply simple discourse. We have asked far too many times to respect others point-of-view and that message was not getting through. There are likely other Internet chat boards where those topics can continue - under someone else's terms.

Interesting factoid: OMNI was created at the request of less than a dozen members. It was closed at the behavior of more than a hundred members.