Just two remarks:

• This is merlyn. I do not know the man personally, but his replies are often fairly strong worded. One thing to always keep in mind is that they are never meant as personal attacks: see his standard disclaimer. Of course, I might be presuming things about his character, but that's how he comes across to me. If I'm wrong, I'm sure he'll correct me :).
• This is an electronic medium. The combination of quick response times and lack of emotional context often leads to posts that sound harsher than they are. This is a common problem, so common that you should always keep it in the back of your head whenever you're dealing with opinions expressed in any sort of online forum.

That said, you can always downvote the post if you don't like its tone. Or you can downvote this one :)

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