I never met John in person although I had several occasions to chat with him online. He seemed to have a very good sense of humor and was always ready to give advice and pointers from his stock of knowledge. BA.com will be much poorer without him.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.