Tandem46
Well Known Member
I must preface by saying this is Doug's site and he can edit what ever he wants whenever he wants.
Having said that, I'm totally against the idea of editing other posts in general. Obviously you have to have standards and if this was my site I wouldn't allow vulger, pornography, or photos of a gruesome nature to be posted here. However, the photos of the TBM/RV accident that were edited out do not fit any of these categories. I saw those photos and they were very benign and taken at such a distance that you could not make out anything other than the fact that it indeed was an RV-6. How is that different from the newspaper articles that often get posted here concerning aircraft crashes. They usually have photos and we don't edit those out. Just last week we had links to articles of both the fatal F-86 crash(http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=9514&highlight=f-86+crash) and the fatal Spectrum 33 crash with fairly detailed photos posted on this site. Both of these aircraft were demolished and their pilots killed, but those photos didn't bother anyone or cause anyone to feel they were disrespectful to the surviving families. How about posting N numbers of crashed aircraft where forum members can then look up the victims address via the FAA. Is this not disrespectful to the families of the victims? And then the second guessing that we all do as pilots immediately following an accident such as the Europa accident at Oshkkosh last week. What if we offended the son, brother or whomever of the deceased by speculating about his ability to fly or the reason for the crash so soon after his accident.
The bottom line is unless a post or photo crosses a set and very distinct line, I don't think we should be editing them. I can see absolutely no reason why those TBM/RV photos were edited out. May as well just edit out any reference to the accident altogether.
Respectfully,
Having said that, I'm totally against the idea of editing other posts in general. Obviously you have to have standards and if this was my site I wouldn't allow vulger, pornography, or photos of a gruesome nature to be posted here. However, the photos of the TBM/RV accident that were edited out do not fit any of these categories. I saw those photos and they were very benign and taken at such a distance that you could not make out anything other than the fact that it indeed was an RV-6. How is that different from the newspaper articles that often get posted here concerning aircraft crashes. They usually have photos and we don't edit those out. Just last week we had links to articles of both the fatal F-86 crash(http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=9514&highlight=f-86+crash) and the fatal Spectrum 33 crash with fairly detailed photos posted on this site. Both of these aircraft were demolished and their pilots killed, but those photos didn't bother anyone or cause anyone to feel they were disrespectful to the surviving families. How about posting N numbers of crashed aircraft where forum members can then look up the victims address via the FAA. Is this not disrespectful to the families of the victims? And then the second guessing that we all do as pilots immediately following an accident such as the Europa accident at Oshkkosh last week. What if we offended the son, brother or whomever of the deceased by speculating about his ability to fly or the reason for the crash so soon after his accident.
The bottom line is unless a post or photo crosses a set and very distinct line, I don't think we should be editing them. I can see absolutely no reason why those TBM/RV photos were edited out. May as well just edit out any reference to the accident altogether.
Respectfully,