Oh for gawd's sake -
haughtney - you live in a capitalist society!! The guys with big bucks tend to win!
IMHO Danny was quite right to tug the thread -- I'm amazed it lasted as long as it did. He's provided you with an eloquent post to explain why he pulled it. He needn't have done. He's the boss. What he says goes.
I have no axe to grind with FR. I've only flown them once, they were fine. I've seen loads of posts criticising them and am sure that many have substance. So what?
As someone who has been on a course about libel laws (I write reports for my house) there was stuff appearing on that thread which overstepped the line and -- deep pockets or not, bullies or not -- I'm not surprised that the men in wigs stepped in.
The original title of the post was a legal no-no. I reported it to the mods and it was changed.
Whatever happened on this foggy night is being investigated. Maybe I'm being naive, but I don't think this is being going to be swept under the carpet.
Edited to add I've just seen Otterman's bizarre rant. Matey, if you don't like it, set up your own Web site with your own money. Allow any anonymous poster to have what could be libellous pops at a commercial organisation.
You'd last a couple of days at best.
It's not journalistic standards it's LEGAL standards!!
Cheers.