Ok let me jump on this bandwagon. This is the story of F U K U C H A N...
Long long ago when FT was a far different place, we had a bit of trouble in Paradise. It seems that one of our members was using a handle that another found offensive...
Our friend F U K U C H A N was an active member of our FT community (active meaning he took part in discussions as opposed to flooding the board). He was one of the first to bring the MCI 25k bonus info to the public (how many free tickets
did we earn from that info?) and received many kudos...
One day our friend F U K U C H A N receives an email from a representative of our hosts telling him that his name is offensive and he has to provide proof (via fax as I recall) that his name really is F U K U C H A N or else change his handle.
Having been through this issue before when our friend was merely F U K U, he was none too pleased with the receipt of this "prove it or else" ultimatium. So F U K U C H A N sends back a rather nasty reply to the FT folks telling them to F U K U off.
Q - So why is onefreeman posting this long introduction? Why doesn't he just post links to the danged threads and let me read it for myself?
A - Because FlyerTalk censored the thread by deleting it. Then they censored (again by deletion) another thread discussing the first censorship action.
Much angst ensued. And we discussed our angst. And we never
really received an answer from our FT hosts on the issue of censorship (no formal declaration as it were).
The link below will take you to the thread they allowed to remain of the community's take on the whole situation (altho they closed it thus terminating discussions which probably is a form of censorship also but I digress again)...
I ask each and every one of you to please notice the civility, the decorum, and the genuine concern of the individuals posting. Ask yourself three questions:
[1] Is that what FT is like today?
[2] Which would you prefer?
Thanks for taking the time to come this far.
And F U K U C H A N, no matter where you are, this one's for you...
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/001057.html