[vsnet-chat 7466] Dealing with off-topic postings in VSNET

[Martin Nicholson]

Nobody can claim that they hadn’t been warned about John Greaves’ agenda: many times over far too many years.

The Greaves’ Apologists of which, quite amazingly, there are still a handful are a curious bunch. Some seem to feel “Well he is useful to me, so who cares a **** about the rest of the hobby!”

Look through the records for yourself or if you lack the time or energy then have a look at this web site. 

http://www.geocities.com/badastrobuster//index.htm

Study his many accusatory tirades and what you will find is that most of the time it is his astronomical knowledge and his analytical techniques that are at fault. Look at the “totally spurious” results (his word, not mine) he has pumped out. Still out there, still wrong, still misleading people and all because he is too idle to sort out the mess he created..

Does Greaves learn ever learn his lesson when his mistakes are pointed out? No chance. No way. You might, if you are lucky, get a very half-heart apology but a few weeks silence is usually the best you can hope for.

Martin Nicholson
Daventry, UK