You know, I caught no end of grief and a good bit of hate mail at the RPF-SSMF when I first opined, as politely as I know how, that the CC fuselage was probably too spindly compared to the original models. Even posted that picture of it next to my pyro casting to show them what I meant. Some guys called me an "anal jerk" and a "rivet-counter" and made it all too clear where they thought I should shove my calipers.
Of course, most of those same guys subsequently started padding the midline of their CC fuselages with sheet styrene in order to beef them up a good bit.
I guess what I'm getting at is that there are many ways to criticize someone or something constructively, and then there's slagging. What I saw here the other night in the Falcon thread and have noticed in a few others, is a good bit of unnecessary, often uninformed slagging.
Slagging other people is human nature, but we're all capable of rising above it. Here are the two slagging guidelines that I happen to live by:
1. Don't slag other people in your community, and
2. If you can't resist the temptation to slag other people in your community, at least know what the fuck you're talking about.
Of course, most of those same guys subsequently started padding the midline of their CC fuselages with sheet styrene in order to beef them up a good bit.
I guess what I'm getting at is that there are many ways to criticize someone or something constructively, and then there's slagging. What I saw here the other night in the Falcon thread and have noticed in a few others, is a good bit of unnecessary, often uninformed slagging.
Slagging other people is human nature, but we're all capable of rising above it. Here are the two slagging guidelines that I happen to live by:
1. Don't slag other people in your community, and
2. If you can't resist the temptation to slag other people in your community, at least know what the fuck you're talking about.
beaz