Now that Pal brought it up, you know I find your derision of other people, other equipment, and other methods (i.e. digital) extremely tedious. Boring. Also very juvenile.
If you want a decent argument, here it is. First, let aside Paal & Bruce and lets discuss the "derision" of other people.
The most "insulting" to everyone threads I've been involved were indeed the digital ones. Here they are in order:
1) The projection test. I still submit that it is a valid test and was done correctly. I compared digital vs. film for the purpose of projecting images, and used fair equipment choices (in fact the digital was at least 10 times more expensive). I don't see why anyone should get insulted by such. Yes, it is limited to projection purposes only, but I didn't state otherwise.
2) the "photograph" vs. "inkjet print" discussion. Where everybody got insulted by the toilet paper thing. Without noticing that it was a "reductio ad absurdum" argument, i.e. I apply the same logic in "an inkjet print may have the same purpose as a photograph thus it is a photograph" to a different example, giving an absurd result (toilet paper). Those not recognizing the argument type felt insulted by the absurd result. What do you want me to do about it ?
3) the enlarger & image reconstruction thread. Where I write black on white that digital has the advantage of better image reconstruction methods and people cry out that I'm dissing digital. What do you want me to do about it ?
4) the cheerleader thread. That's fresh, you know my pov. If you want to cheerlead, insulting people is counterproductive. If someone has a problem that you don't, you may remain silent or say something like "I'm sorry to hear that, let's hope things will eventually be solved". Starting an insulting war against them, trying to make them feel culpable for something they didn't create doesn't help at all.
cheers, caveman
