TNH - Hi! I posted #21 above (it seems to be a little hard to read now, what with it missing all the vowels. How do you do that, anyways? Is there a diembowel button on your keyboard?) I don't really believe that my post was uncivil, jeering, unpleasant, nor unsupported by the original post, as you suggest above in your explanation. I quoted from Dave's original post, and had already read the Consumerist post and comment thread both there and here before posting. I quoted what I felt was an incongruity in Dave's letter to the Midwest executive, which led me to feel that his letter was disingenuous. I stated in my post that this was my opinion, and did not assert that Dave was lying or exaggerating. I did say that his letter and post read as a childish response, which I don't feel was uncivil, it was my opinion, and was presented as much.

As to why I have no previous post history, it's beyond me. I've posted on BB several times over the past month, and the posts had not been censored or removed, but now they are gone from my profile. Sort of hard to build up a reliable (non jeering and annoying) posting history when the BB database can't maintain that history.

Dave refused the $25 voucher since "why would [he] want a voucher on an airlines that would threaten to pull [him] off the plane?", but then in the next paragraph demands either "a free voucher for future travel" or "the equivalent miles into my Midwest miles account". He then closes his letter with a threat, "I don’t want to post video on the internet or the blogsophere like others did when a Southwest agent denied boarding. I'm not looking to hurt the company I believe in."

When the executive at Midwest failed to respond to the demands and threats with a muffin basket and a heartfelt personalized letter, Dave makes good on his threat and begins whining online seeking the "cookie" he believes he deserves for not getting everything he wants.

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