Jerry Eichenberger wrote: > Some people enjoy a little political jousting now and ten,
> and I, for what it's worth, am one of them. > > We have a site very much like this one dedicated to the > type of motorcycle I own. I've made some really good > friends on it thru our political barbing back and forth. As > long as it's done with respect and mutual friendship, I see > nothing wrong with it at all. Jerry, I can agree that a respectful discussion of such issues can be worthwhile and enjoyable. **I** enjoy such discussions (and I really wanted to dive into the one that prompted this, but . . .). We have many people who want and need the technical Coupe-related and aviation safety related information we have here. But, they don't have the time or inclination to dig through such discussions to just read what they want - especially when thread drift kicks in. (For example, two other forums I monitor now have 254 and 235 unread messages in their respective in-basket folders, waiting for me to sort out the stuff I want from the chaff.) So, at the request of members we separated the forum into two parts. At the repeated request of many members, ercoupe-tech is only for Coupe tech, flying safety, flying regulatory, accidents, Coupe-related and some other obituaries and similar stuff with very few exceptions. On the other hand, ercoupe-flyin is for the other stuff we might talk about at fly-ins. Yet, even there, we won't allow rancorous discussions, name calling, insulting statements, etc. Though it's not quite appropriate here, the A-340 accident pictures and an appropriate description could be a learning experience even for us lowly Coupe fliers. The accompanying political innuendo started, as you saw, problems. So, here on -tech, let's keep it on topic. On both forums, let's keep it respectful. Ed (all-around mean, nasty moderator-in-chief)
