When the bandwidth taken up by discussions about whether this non-topic is appropriate for the digest or not exceeds even that used by the non-topic itself, I give up. I leave it to the rest of the digest to decide whether this is appropriate or not. I personally will just choose to ignore it. Eric, my advise to you is that soapboxes can be very flimsy things to stand on sometimes and you may fall off. >I don't know where >you come from, but here in the United States of America, we have something >called "freedom of speech" and/or "freedom of expression." Among other >things, this means that no one person, despite position, title or status, >has the right to "dictate" what others may or may not say. Now, if you were >complaining about people trashing Canon or Minolta or some other brand, then >I would agree with you. THAT wouldn't be "Nikon specific." But this isn't >the case and we WON'T "TAKE IT ELSEWHERE!" Again, I don't meant to be >disrespectful, I'm just asking that you be a little patient with those of us >that don't quite fit your mold. > >Fellow Nikon Digest subscribers, I apologize for being on my soap box so >long and I hope you understand my need to say this.