Dave Michelson wrote:

I'm sure Derek is a great guy, but his posts would be much easier to
take if he wasn't so down on *everything*

Then again, a lot of others' posts would be easier to take if they
didn't mistake the newsgroup for sci.space.cheerleading.

In fact, maybe we'd be farther along in space if cheerleading hadn't
taken the place of critical thought for so much of the last 50 years.