I don't think "ironic undertone" works in a forum.  If you're being funny in real life, people can see it but when you write something nasty about someone, they only see the words.  It looked personal and I didn't like it.  We usually use this sort of humour with our friends that know us well, it can be hard to interpret for people that have never met you.  There's also the language, culture and humour differences.

And when you don't like what others think about you, we get this "Frustration, jealousy, bitterness and anger, is nowdays the criteria of the MSG".  I think people were angry at the insults you wrote, nothing else.

Well I have just had a private mail here, telling me about my personal attack on some people in my thread about "copycats" which was removed. Now anybody reading that thread must surely have seen it was a comical thread, with an ironic undertone,  hence the smiley!   but sadly, not so. Instead some took this as a personal attack, well?

Dan!  however, was right,  this is what its come to. Sadly this forum is degenerating to a similarity of the DPR,  where you cant even mention a camera brand and all hell breaks out.

Frustration, jealousy, bitterness and anger, is nowdays the criteria of the MSG, which seems to be accepted not just by most members here but also by the Admin.

I have no use for that and I cant belittle myself to share such values and thinking. It should be beneath ones dignity.

So sorry and thousands of appologies to the ones mentioned in the Copycat-thread.

Thanks for this time around and dont get swallowed up by bitterness and jealousy