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"The Bunyip Slayer" luv2^fly99@cox.^net wrote
Looks like we have a winner! Anthony is NOT here to talk aviation. Back in high school, when we wanted to bed Mary Jane Rottencrotch, we didn't just walk up and say hey, wanna screw? Neither does Mx. It that respect, he does prove himself much smarter than many of the "pilots" here, everyday. Are you listening Dudley? Dudley isn't the problem - I have never seen Dudley respond in any manner other than to provide an answer to a question. That's what this NG is supposed to be about after all. OTOH, there are dozens of posters who go back and forth with the guy endlessly, eventually resorting to childish name calling and similar behavior presumably out of frustration. Tell me, how does that help? |
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Dudley Henriques writes:
It most certainly does work this way. If the student doesn't graduate a good pilot, the instructor has failed. Therefore the instructor by definition isn't the good instructor in your example. I wasn't thinking of the graduation. After the pilot graduates, he flies. A good pilot is someone who flies well even years after doing what is necessary to get a license. The same applies to drivers of cars, doctors, lawyers, and so on. It's one thing to pass a test; it's another to stay competent and/or perhaps improve over long periods. Instructors have no control over that. |
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Rocky Stevens writes:
I do not actually disagree with people on this NG any more than I do with people on the AOPA forum (though being new to aviation, I do not have many strong opinions yet). What I get from the moderated groups is a much higher signal to noise ratio, as overly personal attacks are avoided. I think that because people know they will be blocked if they post some asinine attack, it forces them to put some actual content into their posts. A tremendous number of moderated discussion forums have long lists of unofficially favored and disfavored members. The favored ones routinely engage in personal attacks and other "violations" with impunity, whereas the disfavored ones are often accused of violations even when they haven't committed any. There are _very_ few moderators who can stay cool, distant, and objective no matter what happens. Most intervene prematurely, too invasively, and with extreme prejudice (the less experience they have, the worse they are). |
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Jay Honeck writes:
What's truly ironic, Anthony, is that I have never read anything you've posted that would result in you being censored on Pilots of America. I'm never censored based on content, I'm censored because people don't like me. Typically I follow all the rules. On the flipside, many of the people who blast you to kingdom-come every day would be instantly removed from PofA for their rudeness and personal attacks. If anyone would benefit from a moderated group, it would be you. It requires quite a remarkable moderator for that to be true. I have rarely encountered such moderators. Yet, you stay here. I can only conclude that you enjoy abuse... I cannot be banned from a newsgroup, as there are no hamhanded moderators to censor it. |
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Jay Honeck writes:
Hmmm....good point. I must confess, it *is* kind of funny/pathetic to watch how effortlessly he can jerk around pilots who are otherwise (apparently) logical, even-tempered folks... I take care to be nice and civil, but I do not engage in the kind of mollycoddling that some people require in order to stay calm. If they cannot stand direct, objective discussion, that's their problem, not mine. I do not have the time or inclination to hold the hands of people who insist on behaving like children. |
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Dudley Henriques writes:
You seem to have a very low opinion of men. They are very emotional and often engage in fairly stereotyped, negative behaviors, especially as a group. |
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"If you cultivate a certain mindset and attitude, nothing ****es you off"
Nothing? What if you get your Dick caught in your zipper when you are late for a meeting and the boss is right next to your urinal while you writhe in agony?? It takes a real man to not get ****ed at that! You are a tough guy |
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Jim Logajan writes:
Aren't you supposed to weigh risk with the corresponding personal value or benefit of any particular action? I do. And that drives me to avoid many types of risk. I lack the thrill-seeking, irritable, and competitive behavior that afflicts so many males, so I take fewer risks than most people of my gender. |
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