Have I offended anyone?

 

I think I must come in to this category. In a completely unrelated thread I recently asked what I thought was a reasonable, polite question that wasn't loaded in any way (at least not for me). I received one reply that made me feel I had just had 6 of the best off teacher, if that expression still means anything to people!

 

What I will say to the OP here is that although we may have crossed swords he at least replied to me, which I appreciate.

 

I have noticed that many people don't get the humour in many of my posts - I have a tendancy of making fun of just about everything, though what I think is amusing doesn't amuse everybody (also, I think the see the avatar and the admin tag and assume I'm being stern and serious - I'm not like that in real life [you can't have a birthdate like mine and remain serious ]).

 

Mr ProgFreak wrote: Lately I'm getting the feeling like many of you take offense when I start threads about anything except music, even if I only start maybe one such thread per month (at the most), and I start those threads in the proper categories. Furthermore, I've posted some critical remarks about the new sister website of PA and got the usual negative replies (basically just versions of "your website looks like sh*t anyway"). So: Have I offended anyone, and if so, what's the offense? Feel free to answer here, by PM, or simply ignore the question.

You are a person with very strong convictions, however, you do give the surface impression of someone who reads a book and swallows the content whole, then takes that as a new crusade that will be the general panacea for all. I have an enquiring and sceptical mind that doesn't accept one account of something as being the general proof so my replies and posts in response to this are my attempt to probe your understanding and knowledge for my own benefit - to test the veracity of your claims if you like, but not to question your convictions or understanding - your posts are just another source of information to my own knowledge pool. In most things I tend to agree with the gist of what you say, but not perhaps the methods you use, the conclusions you draw or the belief that everyone should adopt your new "faith". (I don't really think that you want everyone to follow or agree with you, but that is the impression you give in your replies to peoples replies). Offended? No, not me.

 

As to ProgFreak ... it's a great site and one you should be proud of (it's not for me since I don't like rating and reviewing - for me music is just for listening to) - I have returned to it recently for Crossover evaluations as Olav is a "fan" (and the volume of suggestions is too much for any other tracking system).