In your opinion.
Well, I'm of the opinion that if you open up a topic, one ought to expect folks will input their opinion on it, even if they might disagree or see it differently. That's how people learn, and in my opinion, it's a good thing, nothing to be feared, or shut down. This world has gotten WAYYY to PC happy - like it's not okay to share your opinion with anyone unless it matches their own, which is just silly to me.
I would hate to only have "me toos" respond to my posts, as I learn nothing from those really, it is the opposing (or differing - if the word opposing has a disagreeable connotation to it that the word alone does not actually have) engage with me, and conversations usually entail two differing views coming together.
Do I hate being a buzzkill? Well I said it, so of course, who wants to rain on someone's parade? But there is an obligation to be a voice for those that cannot speak - something I myself would think those that love EQ would understand better than most, and share information that perhaps, harvesting something and throwing away the rest isn't great for the animal. so even though I felt moved to mention how the feathers were harvested, I can (and do) feel badly that it would be raining on someones parade. I would not equate that to cake nor eating it, but instead, just the facts.
The Great Auk was hunted to extinction for their feathers alone - the book The Great Auk (
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Auk-Allan-W-Eckert/dp/0884963284) is one that I'd urge anyone to find and read, as it tells the tale of the last of the species ... perhaps it is that book which stirs me, as I read it when I was 7 years old and was greatly impacted by it. It is one of those books that I seriously think every human being ought to be required to read, along with Silent Spring and a few hundred others.
But as I said before, I am more than happy to agree to disagree.
I'm okay if you do not agree with me, variety is a wonderful thing and I appreciate and embrace diversity.