On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 22:47:13 GMT, Shiver Me Timbers
wrote:

Corky you mentioned Zoom taking Chuck to task on his ANN website
and how Chuck needs to come here to defend his honour.

WHY HERE.????????

Do you think that everyone in this group also follows ANN's website,
and do you think that everyone who reads ANN's website follows this
newsgroup.

"Shiver": I've snipped most of your comments because I simply am not
interested in addressing them point by point as others will no doubt
do, but I have to say that based upon your comments today you have
very little understanding of the nature of Chuck's problems with Zoom.
In saying that Zoom has been "taking Chuck to task" you indicate that
in your opinion that Zoom's accusations have a degree of merit which
even a casual investigation of the facts will show to be lacking.

Zoom has made a habit of defaming Chuck in his various publications
through the use of innuendo, half truths, and outright fabrication for
several years now. His reasons for doing so have been discussed here
many times in the past and aren't really relevant to this discussion.
The simple answer to your question of "WHY HERE?" is that this is the
best (and originally, the only) forum available for Chuck to respond.

Chuck can't respond on the ANN site because Zoom controls the content
of that site and any discussion forums associated with it, and will
delete any comments which he doesn't like or which may undermine his
position. If Chuck wants to get his side of the story out, he has no
choice but to post it in other aviation forums. Posting to the thread
in question in particular is more than appropriate because Zoom/Juan
have claimed to have some sort of exlusive media arrangement related
to the SS1 flights.

Others will probably post the opinion that you are simply the latest
in a series of Zoom sock puppets to post here, but since you are
relatively new to this newsgroup and have made posts on other topics I
am going to give you the benefit of the doubt. Before posting on this
topic again I would suggest you do some research by visiting the Zoom
FAQ site and learning more about the history of this dispute:

http://www.ousterhout.net/zoom.html

Finally, you should understand that this is an unmoderated newsgroup
and the regular posters here like it that way for the most part. In
the past, efforts at enforcing content restrictions have met with a
lot of disapproval. If you do not approve of the way things are done
here, you are of course free to go elsewhere.


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