-- I am truly sorry to hear that Davey, because I know that you are a very nice guy;
always very polite, intelligent, and starting great threads that always transpired into very educative discussions.
You are one of my very 'best' favorite members here.
I think that the problem sometimes is that too fast judgements are made, emotions turn incontrollable, and some people simply lost their temper all together.
It is sad but it is 'reel-2-reel'; audio forums are like children playgrounds, and don't play in the other's sandbox or else ....
The strangest thing in all of that is that people are between the ages of 40 and 70 on average!
But then real life is not much different. Most important is to always keep your level of sanity, always respect other people, and respect their differences of opinion too.
There are two kind of people living on our planet: the ones who rule, and the ones getting ruled.
I guess you just fell into the second clan. ...Perhaps better luck next time, in another life, in another dimension, at another site.