It really boils down to what Doug wants. If he feels the posts in the LTS section hurt the overall goal of the Equipped Foundation then it needs to be shut down. The huge importance of that work overshadows the truly minor importance of this LTS section of the forums. I can easily see some airline/marine corporate gunslinger pulling out crazy quotes from this forum and saying, "Look at what Mr. Ritter believes! Do we really want to implement the crazy and EXPENSIVE ideas of such a crackpot?!"

I think a lot of us have forgotten or don't know the amount of time, effort, and arguing Doug puts into trying to make this a safer world. We see/know this forum and think it's the whole enchilada. In reality it's just the free chips they give you while you are waiting for the meal.