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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 5620656" data-attributes="member: 8158">Your choice of certain words is noteworthy. "Show dIsrespect", for instance. Heaven forbid that I show disrespect towards a consumer technology corporation. If someone here consistently exhibited disrespect to to Microsoft, you'd be as quick to call them on it? What you calll "slamming" is actually objective criticism. Sooner or later, I do that to everyone and everything. To me, skepticism is among the highest virtues, particularly when it comes to being a consumer. I have indeed spoken about some bonehead moves by Apple's wannabe competitors. What's more, I've extolled Apple's virtues, stated plainly that I chose Apple's phone over the competition, and mentioned that I was tempted to buy an iPad even if I bought the Toshiba Thrive. So, I think I've displayed my objectivity pretty consistently, rendering your assessment unfair. The problem is a pervasive one. People are engrained to think in partisan terms, and that goes back to school days or rooting for sports teams. The wonderful thing about sports is that at the end of the season, the reset button gets mashed. That makes the loyal-to-the-bitter-end mentality harmless. In other matters, such as politics or consumerism, there is no reset button and the impacts are lasting. That distinction seems lost on most folks, making needless partisanship one of those great human failings. Self-interested skepticism is the rational course of behavior--if someone's consistently falling short of your expectations, and you're paying them, you shouldn't feel like a traitior for making them re-interview for their position--but in practice, it's usually misinterpreted as unremitting negativity.</blockquote>

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