Did you contact the writer in any way directly? Did you comment on his blog? Did you do so in such a way that avoided direct conflict, rather, instead, attempting to open a dialogue?
Yes. I said in the comments section of the blog that what he said and the way he said it, was dangrously similar to the type of language used in the run up to 4E. And that the appearance of such was something that needed to be avoided. (paraphrased)
But I certainly am under no obligation to justify to anyone whether I dealt with this in the proper way on his site or not. I also most definitely have the right to complain about something such as this, in a post here at ENWorld. People complain here all the time. I'd say it's probably a safe bet that there have been things you've complained about here, in posts, over the time you've been a member here. I wasn't complaining this time, but whether I was or not gives nobody the right to say I can't, or the right to hammer or ridicule.
I'm just sick to death of people blowing up over the littlest things, without making any attempt whatsoever to actually rectify the situation. If it bothers you, El Mahdi, and this obviously does since you've spent several days and significant amounts of time explaining your point of view, do something about it.
Don't start shouting from the rooftops that WOTC is bashing your favourite game yet again. Take the time to drop a polite emain to the blog writer (whose name I'm too lazy to look up) and say something along the lines of, "I was reading your blog and this line struck me. Could you clarify what you mean by this? Since I understood it to mean something else, perhaps you could edit your blog to prevent future misunderstandings."
In other words, be constructive. Because what you're doing here? Complaining to us? That's not going to do anything whatsoever.
I did do something about it. You shouldn't be making assumptions I didn't. Also, it's not your place to be the police for ENWorld. It most certainly is not your place, nor do you have the right under the rules of ENWorld, to Hammer or Ridicule anybody here.
I haven't been complaining about it. I responded on the blog first, before I even posted in the thread here. And then I only posted in agreement to somebody else saying they saw what I did. The rest of my posts on this subject has been responding to those who feel my opinion is wrong, and want to convince me or change my mind about that, or simply want to point out how wrong I am. In other words: Win. That's something else that's not accepted here at ENWorld. If you'd read over my posts, you'll find that I have not responded to anyone who simply said they don't see what I see. I have responded to posts that directly quoted me however, and questioned what I saw. And I have responded to those people politely and within the guidelinse of ENWorld.
I have not been shouting from the rooftops. You are putting a personal characterisation on my posts that isn't there, and making it personal is also something else that isn't accepted here at ENWorld.
I am politely asking you to stop this behavior. You don't share my opinion, and that's fine. You however do not have the right to continue to tell me my opinion is wrong, nor does anyone else, and you certainly don't have the right to hammer or ridicule me or anybody else.
Please Stop.
Thank You.
