IM4Travel, ETOPS01, and custombagel,

How else do you expect dgolds or others to bring attention to FT threads that have degenerated into garbage like this? As there is no moderation practiced on this board (neither moderators nor self-restraint by many posters), there is no way to let the people in charge of the bulletin board know except by bringing it to the attention of the man himself, Randy.

Your comments certainly don't help make this board a friendly place.

FewMiles..

We call them "rat's" here in the NY area.

Via e-mail perhaps?

custombagel,

That remark is not called for. And if you're a New Yorker, 2 thumbs down to you.

dgolds is a good guy.

note to dgolds: Doesn't Santa keep a log of who has been naughty and who has been nice? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

Dan

In North Carolina, we call them rats, recognizing that inappropriately using the possessive form of the noun mitigates our credibility.

As an aside, I do not share your characterization of dgolds. Rather, I have found him to be a quintessential good guy.


[This message has been edited by svpii (edited 04-30-2001).]

C'mon everyone, PLEASE, I'm beggin' ya' all! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif

Let's show some respect for each other and kindly avoid the personal digs!

And yes, dgolds, is surely a real good guy! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif A left coast guy who could actually pass for a New Yorker - even with the new short haircut! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

And the proper use of the apostrophe has got to be the most difficult thing in English usage! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif Or should that read really good guy above! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

Whatever! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

Have a great night everyone! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

(The Village Idiot enters the room pushing his Hot Dog cart)

No wonder I'm not making any money in the Continental forum, everyone moved 30 blocks up the street. Do you think it is easy pushing this thing around?!? Now, stay still.

PEANUTS, POPCORN, GET YOUR REVEL ICECREAM HERE!!!

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 paid others by ignoring their requests to cool it with that "Deny" BS.

Isn't this just demonstration of the simple phenomenon of life summarized by the statement, "What goes around, comes around?" By sheer virtue of the existence of this bulletin board, there happen to be people who are not only passionate, but in fact fanatic, about air travel and the companies that serve it. Just as NJDavid was a zealot for bashing CO, there are those who just as zealously find any affront to CO to be highly insulting and offensive.

What gives NJDavid the right to bash CO without expecting himself some form of repercussion for it?

What NJDavid has done is akin to a Red Sox fan going to a Yankees game and yelling out, "Yankees Suck," "New York Sucks," etc., every chance he can get. What the hell do you expect to happen? Sure, we can all just ignore the idiot during the ball game, even just quietly walk away from him after it. But you know what? There are just enough hooligans and cretins in this world - with whom you share your holier-than-thou selves - who just might care to give a piece of their minds, or even take a few figurative swings, at that ... in the bleachers who asked for it.

Immature, unsophisticated, insane, or however you want to characterize this behavior, it's here and it's real. OK, so you're all good little boys and girls for listening to your mommies. I hope you got lots for your Montessori programs. I guess you're all just better than me, then.

[This message has been edited by ETOPS01 (edited 04-30-2001).]

You're absolutely right. Next time you are passionate about an issue, and take the time to educate other about it and stand up for your opinions and causes with a website BASED in fact, I'll be sure to harrass you and call you petty names for voicing your opinion.

Oh wait, no I won't. My mom always taight me to be the bigger man, and to walk away. So, NJDavid's campaign failed...So dgolds defended them. At least they spoke out. At least they had the guts to defend their positions. And for that, I respect them. To all of you who resort to petty name calling, I know a GREAT preschool where you'd be happy.

whoops, got a little trigger-happy there http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

BTW: Village Idiot: I'll take a hot dog with ketchup, and a large coke, no ice.


[This message has been edited by markbach (edited 04-30-2001).]

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deegoals es a guud pirsin an jus kaus he axe randie to migrate sumthin, yu hombres atack hem.

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Loving, Caring, Honest, Intelligent, Empathetic, Creative, and Giving.

Dupe.

[This message has been edited by ETOPS01 (edited 04-30-2001).]

Hey, Arturo, I'm no more MOOSE than a Continental employee.

etops01: My objection isn't directed towards anyone who politely poked fun at NJDavid. The thread I object to started as a nasty, personal attack on him that has no place here. Note there was another thread that I reference above which makes the same points as the offending thread but more gently, in a way that is not inciteful or disrespectful. Although the originator of the thread has been so kind as to remove his original inflammatory remarks, others have continued to flame, incite, and disrespect.

By the way, since you only registered this month, you probably don't realize that there was a thread in December in which the very question you raise was discussed. FlyerTalkers on the CO board said overwhelmingly that they did not think NJDavid's campaign was out of line. Granted there were a few who thought it was, but they were in the minority in our group discussion. Please see http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum20/HTML/001644.html

DGolds:

I no more know you than care to get into a tete-a-tete with you, but do let me state that although I've registered only this month, you and I both know that FlyerTalk has been around for much longer, and that one doesn't need to register in order to read the threads.

Notice, furthermore, that I was not among those exonerating NJDavid in your referenced thread.

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