Well it sure is lovely to see my words twisted up into a nice little bow.
You know, let's dissect this a little more. Looking back through the thread I see no ****ting whatsoever. Let's review. Most of the posts are about how the sky is pretty with a nice digression from Herra about skyboxes.
The only three posts that could possibly qualify as ****ting are those from myself, DarthGeek, and Nemesis. Nemesis linked a disagreeing viewpoint in a polite fashion. DarthGeek politely presented his own take on it, making it quite explicit it was a personal statement. I expressed my own views on the night sky in symmetry to G0atmaster's, and did not do so in a particularly rude matter.
I suppose you could argue Bobbau got involved too but mostly just said 'if you don't want to debate about it, fine'.
So there was hardly an issue at all instead you felt the need to make one. That's pretty crappy, kind of self-defeating don't you think?
I didn't really have a problem with what Nemesis said, because he did make it very low-key (and besides, I don't think the sentiment G0atmaster was expressing necessarily has much to do with irreducible complexity as covered in that video, but whatever). Honestly, it was your post that made me raise my eyebrows the most, much more because of your tone than what you were saying in it. No offense, but you've had a habit of taking on a holier-than-thou (lulz) attitude when expressing certain opinions, pulling a "This is how things really are and what you think is stupid and wrong herp" sentiment. I'd generally qualify that attitude as "****ting," and that's the same attitude I saw in your original post. There are many beliefs I encounter on a daily basis that I find to be rather silly, but I recognize that it's not always appropriate to state as much.
Only people who agree with me have the right to express their beliefs? One side gets to say OH PRETTY HERE IS WHAT I THINK, the other side gets OH PRETTY?
Nice. I wouldn't stand for that if it were your side getting the short end, pretty hypocritical of you not to take the same stance.
Yes because that is exactly what I implied by what I posted derp.
Let's take a little look-see at what would happen if this all went down in a face-to-face conversation. If someone talking to you showed you these images and made a personal belief statement that you didn't happen to agree with, would you launch into a massive "This is why you're wrong" explanation? Probably not. You'd just let it slide, say something like, "Yeah, that looks amazing," and move on. Why is it that religion is widely considered as one of those "taboo" topics in general conversation? Because it's just about always simply
not worth it to get into a back-and-forth over deeply-held personal beliefs. It just incites friction and bad vibes. In the same vein, posting something like "inb4 ****storm" or a counter to what the OP expressed here is just asking for the thread to get out-of-hand, when simply ignoring that aspect of it would have resulting in it garnering a few responses and then falling off the first page. It's not about one side not being "allowed" to express their own beliefs...it's about recognizing when it's a good time to speak up, and when it would be better to leave well enough alone. I think this thread definitely qualified as the latter.
(Also note that, despite my personal beliefs, I generally find statements like G0atmaster made to be counterproductive at best, so I'm not trying to argue his "side" here.)
