This place is very tame compared to almost all the other music forums or otherwise. It's a wild west out there. This is a relatively small goup too. Forums have mood swings and they tend to ebb and flow. It's a natural part of things. A perfectly calm and harmonious forum is actually quite boring and yields little info or opinion. It's also a sign of a heavily [overly] moderated forum and that leads to a stifling of the members- none of which is good. It can't always be peaches and cream, and it shouldn't be. Some of the best info can be gained by debate- even heated debate. I'm from NY and as nice and helpful as I will always be, I have little patience for trolls or people that take me or members to task, wrongly. In the end, my policy is always to communicate in a civil adult manner even if I'm pissed, and wait five minutes before hitting the post button when I've written something in anger. In that case, I'm always glad I did.

I'm relatively new here but I must commend this group for being a good one. It's not always the case. Don't sweat the rough spots. It always works itself out.

Dan