why do so many discussions turn contentious?


just venting....why do so many discussion posts need to turn  contenious and nasty?  do you guys find that constructive and/or enjoyable?  I have no clue who or how this forum is moderated, but I sure would love to see a stop to that...it makes me feel like this hobby is dominated by total jerks.

Can't we play nice, share OPINIONS and OBSERVATIONS, realizing that  they often are subjective and biased.  
"if you dont have anything nice to say, say nothing"?  If you wish to disagree, do it in a constructive and mature fashion, no need for "argument ad hominem"...

with all the chaff, one must waste so much time finding the wheat, figuratively speaking.  

I doubt my writing this will change anything, but, like most social media, people writing to others without facing them does not bring out the best, sadly......



jw944ts
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As far as Vandersteen is concerned, I don't think the individual in question is familiar with time and phase correct loudspeakers.
i read that comment about ’dumbed down vandersteens’ before the poster deleted it (or it was deleted for him) - i was going to jump in, but thought the better of it, in deference to the intent of this thread

i felt that post was a great example of someone who might be meaning to make a fairly benign point (about high end listeners falling basically into 2 camps - ’accuracy seekers’ vs ’beauty seekers’), but in using a quite poor choice of words, his post came across as unnecessarily inflammatory (not to mention depicting his own lack of experience with the quite precise and highly accurate sound that modern/higher vandys produce)

It's people like you that make everyone else so mad.
Are you saying respondents here are all hot-heads?
Why you Mo-Fo!! I kill you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why are more people freaking out on airline flights?
Last 12 months has had more flight incidents than the last 40 years.

People get crazy, there's a plane to Georgia....

My Vandy 7 and 7 sing

Did i miss something? A faint disturbance in the Force, or just a fart ?