Let me interject here, if it were such an issue for him, he would have simply messaged me. I met the man on St. Paddy's day thought he was a decent chap as we chatted. I too enjoyed many of his posts, he has a dry wit and somewhat caustic sense of humour as do I.
Now, it has been said many times by many members, you cannot control what is replied to in a thread unless it is against board rules. He, as everyone, is certainly entitled to their opinions and thoughts. His initial post I attempted to deflect with humour and obviously he didn't appreciate the humour, nor did I appreciate him centering me out and later claiming that there are too many who don't review and post nonsense. Well, take a look at all the sections on all the boards, there are usually one or two dedicated to reviews. Posting an image is not against the rules, posting an image in a review is not against the rules and it is/was a congratulatory/thank you for the review. Why he chose to read more into it than that I do not know and it would be seriously different if I or anyone posted something ignorant in his review.
How I interpret his thread was being rude because he chose to put his distaste in public instead of being a gentleman, as he claims, and using the message forum. It is not his wording, it is the intent of his wording and presenting as a superior entity which I take umbrage with and will not stand for. His initial post was a subtle insult and he continued to insult me with his tone. Trust me, I could have used a many superior words and more if I had chosen to, but in his doing so was simply another attempt to embarrass, center and insult me.
I find it rather distasteful that further in thread he put forth the comment about others, well that is another insult to me. First you center me, now you include others that do not review and post nonsense in his mind. When simply, he could have chosen to ignore or put me and all those who he believed a wasting posts on ignore.
Now, there were several members who attempted to diffuse and deflect with humour, to no avail as he continued to attempt to demean and insult me. It is incredibly pompous to insert uncommonly used words to call someone juvenile and eventually call me a child. His approach and continued attempts to demean me are/were classless and tactless and if he crosses my path again, I'll be certain to let him know, probably while I buy him a drink and try to resolve his issue. If there was anyone being childish, it's the member formally known as celticman for leaving but that's his choice. I certainly welcome his return but let this be known flat out, don't try to embarrass me or rock my boat; it's unsinkable alot better men/women have tried and failed.
I have many reviews on several boards and this has been my chosen board to review on for just over a year now. There is much more conradery here then any of the other boards. Why does he not centre someone out on these other boards that posts nonsense because there are tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands useless threads and posts elsewhere. No he chose to centre me out and he got what he gave back!
