The life of a moderator is such fun...
Whenever a thread is locked or deleted, critical comments are forthcoming, some whimsical and some littered with intemperate little barbs. That leads to responses, subtle or angry, according to personality, and tempers escalate again and so it gets worse...
I'll repeat what I've written many times ... Because facial expression, body language and vocal inflection are missing, written language is a very limited instrument and can easily lead to misinterpretation as we have seen...
And, in my opinion, because sound files can be played on such an enormous variety of machines, there is no infallible mechanism for establishing supremacy, even if our individual ears and brains worked the same - which they don't anyway. So all we are left with is a statement of individual opinion - and there can be no resolution of those differences via a forum. (As an aside, were we all in the same room with one guitar, amp and player, and all the different echo machines, would we all agree? I suspect not... )
Three weeks ago, the singer with my current band was diagnosed with a brain tumour, and a week ago he died.
(Forgive me for this, but I'm getting old...)
Enjoy your life, celebrate the music and the people who inspired us... Be happy that we are all alive to do so... Revel in the joy of the talents you all possess... Respect each other's opinion... And quit the undignified wrangling...
If you want to abuse each other, please do it via pm's and not the forum...
And I love you all... (Really...) and I'm glad you are here...
And I've locked this too... Don't feel sore... Get on with the music!