Pete,

One more thing... I wasn't calling him a jerk because of this one
particular email that I was replying to, I was calling him a jerk for
other postings that he put out a couple of weeks ago in a lame attempt
to engage me in a flame war.

Being defensive? Naw, just having a good time poking someone with a
stick to see what they do next, i.e. trolling. You have to admit that
usenet can be a riot sometimes. The type of people who sit on high
horses preaching about newsgroup etiquette and propriety are often
hypocrites anyway. Take Larry Digherra for example.

I believe that I am offering an honest benefit to pilots with my new
software offering and thought that it was appropriate to announce it
to this group. If you want to split hairs and say that it isn't free
because I won't give you free database updates, well so be it. I sure
as hell am not going to work for free for the likes of A Lieberman by
giving him free database updates for life. Some people agreed that it
was OK, and some did not. I will point out that I have refrained from
starting any threads about my commercial software in this newsgroup,
as that would clearly be spamming the group.

Dean

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message ...
"Dean Wilkinson" wrote in message
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First off, learn to spell before you attempt to correct someone else.
It is spelled "egalitarian" not "egalitarion".

Since he spelled it correctly in his parenthetical statement, it's as likely
that the original misspelling was simply a typo, rather than out of
ignorance. After all, he was just copying the word from your previous post
anyway.

Funny how a supposedly nice person comes across as a second rate jerk.
You are the second biggest jerk I have encountered on usenet.

Really? You must have just arrived. Don't worry, it'll get worse. A LOT
worse.

I can understand your defensiveness, given the heat some folks have given
you for a variety of things. But truly, Allen's post was a quite gentle,
mild reminder to you regarding proper Usenet etiquette. He provided
relevant links for your edification, and said nothing offensive to you at
all. Calling him a jerk (any kind of jerk) reveals WAY more about your
nature than his.

Pete