There are many annoying users on these forums, me included. No need to make a thread out of it. You argue or you don't argue, you feel addressed to or you don't feel addressed to.

Furthermore, that Paul is not getting Robert Wyatt is his problem. It is a much more serious problem that he considers The Quest a masterpiece...

And, I agree that almost every other country's music is better than music from the US of A...

Oh, and just to say it more clearly: I find this a very inappropriate thread.

It’s even more ridiculous to be offended on behalf of someone else, which is something I infer from your post. You are taking offence at what someone has said about someone else, but have they taken offence themselves? (Perhaps they have. I don’t know, because I didn’t follow your links, and have no interest in doing so.)

This thread should probably be either locked or deleted. It’s not appropriate at all.

It does not escape my notice that you are a relatively new poster here (you are free to correct me if I'm mistaken). I tend to find that the most annoying posters here for me personally are the certain longtimers who see themselves as the gatekeepers, constantly correcting or criticizing the newer posters for not adhering to certain mostly "unwritten" maxims.

I experience this as patronizing at best and condescending at worst.

It certainly makes me feel uncomfortable about posting here for fear that I am going to be drawn into some unnecessarily long running dispute as the result of some minor mistake.

Not to attack one of my favorite music genres, but the site is called ProgArchives after all 

In all seriousness though, I've learned to just accept the fact that there will always be users like that. I'll still engage with them if they're willing to have a civil and constructive discussion; however, if it starts resorting to any sort of condescending language or holier-than-thou attitude, then I just walk away from the conversation and move to a more positive part of the community.

That's the weird thing about this site, especially as one of the collaborators. There's a much wider generational gap on this site than most other music websites I've been a part of (mostly because of how long progressive rock has been around), so I always have to take that into account when evaluating/adding new artists or moderating activity in the forums.

Anyway, I don't think there should be a need to be uncomfortable about posting. Even if you get into a minor dispute, it can still be resolved pretty quickly - and if the person's particularly stubborn and won't listen to your side, I see that as the cue to leave the discussion altogether. 

Unless they feel it necessary to stalk you into acquiescence.

Oh ok, I didn't know it was that kind of situation. Feel free to message me and I'll see what I can do (if that's what is happening now).