so that's why you stalk the digital M forums? to remind everyone who has one that they are "overpriced show ponys"? rrrright. seems more like trolling the way i see it, sir.
It seems to me to be an increasing occurrence within the hallowed halls of the internet, that people expressing a viewpoint with which one does not agree are dismissed as being "trolls"; thereby suggesting that their words have no relevance and that their motives be ... impure - an attribution which is difficult to accurately judge based upon one or two posts in isolation.
Let me suggest that Keith frequents and posts in all the myriad "subgroups" of this forum, which, as a member of the general RFF community, I believe to be his right. The "digital M" forum, as with any forum contained under the RFF umbrella, is not exclusively designed for, or frequented by, owners of a digital M. What a poor "forum" it would be otherwise (though you may disagree at this point) ! There are reasons for this (in the USA it would probably come under the banner of "Free Speech" in other countries it may be expressed under Evelyn Hall's phrase in her biography on Voltaire: ""I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"). I like to think of it as "spice" and variety - it's what keeps the discussions interesting. Everybody here has equal voice - including you. You are not a "shill" for Leica, just as Keith is not "trolling" digital M forums with incessant negativity and an "axe to grind".
If anybody here says anything with which you disagree (as often happens with me and with other member towards me), please express why this is the case - the more logic you use, the more evidence you use in support of that logic and the less "ad hominen" statements are made, the stronger your point will sound and the more support you will garner.
It just does not behove any "forum" (place to express ideas and opinions and to listen to said ideas and opinions - even through the dissension and conflict this often engenders) to be entirely dismissive of alternate viewpoints (as evidenced by calling someone a "troll") without at least providing some equal and opposite argument. Think of you disagreeing with Keith as being an opportunity to politely ellucidate upon why his statements are wrong in your view which will, in turn, edify the rest of the community.
