Good evening all,
It looks like I've just picked up the tail-end of this argument but I'd like to add my twopence worth....
WWW -
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Beagler you are a prat</font>
As an exponent of the polite, good-mannered, well censored thread, don't you think that when you begin a message with an insult it sort of throws your moderation into disrepute? I have no quarrels with anything else you said but that kind of comment would get criticised for being un-called for normally...
Barbox - My full sympathies go out to the families of the deceased but it is too much to ask for accidents not to be discussed until full details are released. We are pilots, therefore interested in learning the vital lessons that can be learned from accidents and whilst this should be done with tact, it is impossible not to attract a few people who will not show sympathy. People are going on like he directly insulted the Canadian. He didn't. It was just a rather harsh, but fair, comments.
New Bloke and Hoverbover - Christ he hasn't committed a crime y'know
Yes it was not in the best taste but to a person a thousand miles from a relatively common form of IMC accident I don't feel it strictly necessary to end every sentence with 'deepest sympathies' etc. etc. This is a forum where people come and discuss things that happen. Discussion inevitably leads to controversy but that is the only way to learn from mistakes and encourage open debate. I just wish people (Beagler included) would just relax about censorship and moderation.
Happy days are just around the corner,
SpeedBird22
Edited for general shoddyness. Twice.
[This message has been edited by SpeedBird22 (edited 30 April 2001).]