I didn't downvote Dusty's post (I ever only downvoted 2 posts in all my years on DVXuser), but I can see how his post could be taken as insulting, fwiw. A case can be made, seems to me. I mean, we assume we are among people who have mutual respect for each other, and all here are grownups. So why would Dusty - completely unprompted - make such an insulting remark, as if it applied to anyone reasonable? When have you ever met a person who thought that the camera is what makes the picture? I mean, I suppose such people exist, perhaps pre-teens, but nobody reading this board would qualify. So Dusty's remark comes across as incredibly condescending, as if we need to be told such a forehead-slapping obvious truism as 'it's the person behind the camera, not the camera', the artist not the brush, the archer not the arrow etc. What are we here, pre-schoolers? So if none of us here need to hear such petty remarks, one wonders what the point of making them is. You wouldn't burst into a meeting of mathematicians and proclaim gravely "2+2=4". You hold the people around you in enough regard that you don't need to make such remarks - who exactly is supposed to benefit from such remarks? And if nobody here benefits, why make them?
Anyhow, I don't personally think it's a big deal, but since a discussion erupted over it, and Paul F wondered how anyone could think ill of Dusty's remark, I thought I'd show how - devil's advocate.
That said, I don't think it's very becoming of us to walk around dropping patronizing remarks - it's liable to make us seem elitist, patronizing and clueless all at the same time. Share expertise, not contempt. Share advice, not patronizingly look down on others. A post that makes a positive contribution, not attack the supposed "ignorant" other. All IMHO, YMMV.
