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Aviation Forum / Country Specific / Australian Group / September 2008Accident Reporting
Thought this somewhat appropriate to some of the posts we see on here. http://www.pprune.org/d-g-general-aviation-questions/343258-do-you-fall-into-pro file-air-accident-checklist-read-before-making-posts-here.html AA > Thought this somewhat appropriate to some of the posts we see on here. Here's a link direct to the image that was referenced in the original post. Prooon requires registration. http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b140/quartermilefinal/report.jpg The goose who made the image goes by the name of 'Farrell', and writes, "I have been reading Rumours & News over the past few days and now, on the verge of self-harm, have decided to put together some guidelines for the muppets among us." The baboon that posted the pic was a clown by the name of tailwheel who 'moderates' the monkey forum. He writes... "(Endorsed by PPRuNe Mod Management)- Far too many posters seem to think that anything with the mention of "air" in it is therefore a candidate for posting in this "pilots" forum. Rehashed press releases or articles about airlines or airports should go in the appropriate forum where those with an inclination to become moist about these things can let everyone else know they are enthusiasts and explain how they think it should be done with their breathless nuggets of advice and insight."  SignatureRead the latest aviation news at www.newsaviation.com > Prooon [...] > goose [...] > baboon That pretty much sums it up in my view. I took the series of posts as further support to my conviction that web-based forums are invariably and fundamentally wrong, and that my decision not to bother with pprune, ever, was well founded. GB SignatureMy friend Steve is an atheist. He has a bumper sticker that reads "Honk if you love Jesus". When someone honks, he gives them the finger. >> Prooon > [...] [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > GB GB, Thankyou, you have effectively enunciated my own aversion to pprune and things like it. >>> Prooon >> [...] [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > GB, Thankyou, you have effectively enunciated my own aversion to pprune > and things like it. So, tell me, are you happy with most of the bullshit that gets posted here when an accident occurs?? AA AA <sirronnalaREMOVE@yahoo.com.au> wrote in news:fO- dnZL3JJIK2E_VnZ2dnUVZ_qDinZ2d@netspace.net.au: > So, tell me, are you happy with most of the bullshit that gets posted > here when an accident occurs?? No, I'm not, but I do recognise the poster's right to post and that I have no right to limit what they post. In my view, the fundamental problem with web-based forums is that someone invariably 'owns' them, and that someone invariably appoints moderators. Said Moderators invariably exert control, effecting a net result that priviliges the views of the 'owner' at the expense of conflicting views. Bachrach and Baratz' (1963) second dimension of power: exert power by limiting the issues that make it to the table. I take comfort in the presense of the likes of Stealth, pretzel and JGG. That they are allowed to air their views, no matter how wacky we might consider them to be, is evidence that the forum is free and open and that a proper mix of views are making it to the discussion unhindered. As soon as the crazies are suppressed, one must begin to wonder what else is being expurgated. It is OK, within the usual bounds of debate, to censure. It is never OK to censor. Web based forums invariably feature a degree of censorship, and so web based forums are never OK. <insert well-known Voltaire quote here> GB Works cited: Bachrach, P & Baratz, MS, 1963, “Decisions and Nondecisions: An Analytical Framework.” The American Political Science Review, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 632-642. SignatureMy friend Steve is an atheist. He has a bumper sticker that reads "Honk if you love Jesus". When someone honks, he gives them the finger. |
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