I'm cynical and suspicious, maybe it just comes with old age. I think the intent of the thread in question is malicious. I've felt for a long time that for most, the F16 is a better platform than the F18, that the 16 will render the 18 obsolete, just as it did at Hobie.

To me, that thread is a hateful, "nip it in the bud" assualt on the F16 class. Happily, it is too little and much too late.

IMO, the intent is dishonest and speaks directly to the character of the writer.