Kev wrote:
John Theune wrote:
[..] While no mention has been
made of a physical issue that would prevent him from working, he has not
made that a point as to why he will not fly planes, it's always been
about the money. Things just don't add up.

I think it's none of our business. He could be very young or
handicapped, but it doesn't matter. I've been online in some form or
another for over 30 years, and he's one of the most polite and
forgiving posters I've seen (albeit extremely hard headed), considering
the bile thrown at him by some crabby old men and women here.

Those latter people, who think they can dictate whom the rest of us
converse with, should be ashamed of themselves. I've lost a lot of
respect for some of the regulars here, because they've shown just how
full of themselves they are.

I think he's a good test of how well we can explain things. If we
can't convince someone like him, who's very interested in aviation, how
flying works... then what chance do we have with people who want a TFR
everywhere?

Kevin

I agree with every word you said. I don't understand why everyone has
to obsess over him. He's not even that bad of a poster...

The reason he gets so much crap is because some people (90% of this
newsgroup), just absolutely have to constantly remind to the world how
wonderful and great they are. And they do that by condescending on
lesser knowledgeable people, such as mx.

The only reason mx gets so much crap is because he admitted to
everybody he is a below everyone else knowledge wise. He
(involuntarily) offered himself to be the wisemen-know-it-all-wannabe's
punching bag.

The same thing happened to me when I made a thread a few months ago,
and made the mistake of mentioning I was in my early 20's. It didn't
matter what my argument was, I was just a dumb, spoiled punk teenager,
and I knew nothing. If I had made the exact same thread, but portrayed
myself as a grey-haired 60-year old ex-army pilot or something, I would
have been treated so much differently. I swear, if mx would from now on
post only under random pseudo names (like me), no one would say a
single word about any of his posts.

It's not what you say, or how you say it as much as it is who you are.
Sometimes this place resembles a middle school playground more than a
professional discussion group.