Del Rawlins wrote:

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.

I am not arguing that point at all. The fact is that everyone in this
group including general lurkers like me are very well aware of the
facts surrounding Chuck Zoom and Juan.

My point is simple. Considering the historical importance of what took
place today and the fact that the thread in question was to allow the
regulars here to congratulate and give accolades to Burt Rutan and his
team, why would Chuck decide that he just had to somehow interject
the Zoom and Juan factor into the equation instead of just coming in
like everyone else, congratulating Burt as he richly deserved, and just
shutting the **** up about his personal and ongoing problems with Zoom.

It's not as if he couldn't start another Zoom thread or just add his
comments to an existing thread, there are six current ongoing
threads on Zoom and Juan right now.

This isn't Chuck's day, nor Zooms nor Juans..... It's Burt Rutans day
and those directly involved in the fantastic accomplishment that took
place today in outer space. There's that old saying of knowing when to
hold them and when to fold them, and in my humble opinion today Chuck
showed no more intelligence or comman sense than Zoom does in deciding
when and where to blow his nose.

And since I like to think that I know when to hold them and when
to fold them, this is me saying that I have made my point and if
someone wants to spit at me for pointing out the obvious then
folks help yourselves.