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Taz.
I've thought long and hard today about wether to reply to your diatribe at all. I thought the less said...But I can't help thinking that there's a slightly bigger issue here.
Attempting to undermine people, like you have me, or repress the opinion of anyone who has the temerity to disagree with you can have a very detrimental effect on a forum as a whole. That kind of treatment, and elitist behaviour can put people off posting here, or saying what they really think for fear of ridicule.
Do you really mean to suggest that unless I've written a book or an article for C&C and OTF, that I can't possibly have anything valid to say on this ever contentious hobby of ours? I've been into this subject for nearly thirty years, and consider myself pretty well read, but Believe me, I don't take issue with acknowledged experts unless I think I have a solid case to do so.
We all admire and respect the various movers and shakers of WW1 aviation research like Mr Revell, that contribute here. It's one of the things that makes this such an excellent forum. But please correct me if I'm wrong, wasn't Alex just reiterating what I had stated already?...Backing up my argument, if you will?
Don't think you were being very fair when quoting me back there either. At least do me the honour of quoting the complete sentence, which if read in its entirety doesn't sound quite so conceited. But then, I suppose that was the intention eh?
At the end of the day, most of what makes this WW1 aviation thing so fascinating is the constant "enigma wrapped in a mystery" factor that can be discussed seemingly for ever...Why try to stifle it?
Kind regards.
Bucky
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