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MADBRADNYC Nope. Just expressing my belief. You can call him a prophetic saint if you wish. Your choice.
Yes, and it's your choice to by hypocritical. The author of that article "expressed his belief" on an Apple-focused site. You, in turn, "express your belief" and liken him to a "dumped spouse." It's fine that you express your belief, but it's also fine that the one you're critical of express his. You used the medium available to you, kind of like he used what was available to him.
Regarding the name calling, I'd like to think that kind of behavior is beneath you, as is focusing on random internet comments. It's certainly beneath the forum.
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MADBRADNYC I don't condone proliferation of these gutter acts from ANY platform site, anywhere!
It's your prerogative to pick and choose which one can and can't do it. I'm not writing a blog, I'm commenting in a forum.
Again, your choice.
This isn't a question of condoning anything. Though at times a failure to object can be construed as an implicit agreement, this isn't one of those times.
I'm also not picking and choosing anything, nor am I saying behavior is acceptable based on where and when it occurs. All I'm questioning is whether debating what someone said on an Apple blog on this forum is worth the energy that seems to be going into it. No one's opinion is going to change, and the blog will remain unchanged, so I'm just not sure what's actually gained.
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tmf06 ...so kind of like the apple fans that come to crackberry and argue with every post that has something negative about iPhone.

I see what you're trying to argue, but no, it's not like that at all. Now if the commenter in this case had gone to some Apple forum to plead his case, then you could say it was like what you wrote, but that's not what happened.