I've been following the discussion in rec.skiing.alpine and trying to find some independent confirmation of the story.
So far, there has been very little corroboration, and I haven't been able to find any credible news source that has run the story.
It's possible that this entire thing is a hoax cooked up by Two Buddha (the person who's been banned) and his sidekick, who wrote the article on vix.com.
Motivation is somewhat murky, but perhaps it's some kind of psychological ploy to garner a sympathy vote and get the rest of the world lined up against "those bastards on rec.skiing.alpine who didn't give me the respect I deserved" (or somesuch).
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I've been following the discussion in rec.skiing.alpine and trying to find some independent confirmation of the story.
So far, there has been very little corroboration, and I haven't been able to find any credible news source that has run the story.
It's possible that this entire thing is a hoax cooked up by Two Buddha (the person who's been banned) and his sidekick, who wrote the article on vix.com.
Motivation is somewhat murky, but perhaps it's some kind of psychological ploy to garner a sympathy vote and get the rest of the world lined up against "those bastards on rec.skiing.alpine who didn't give me the respect I deserved" (or somesuch).
The highlights from the anti-Two-Buddha side: http://www.parrot.net/bestofbert/