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Originally Posted by Easy Rider

OK, I guess that pretty well sums it up: You don't care what other people thing about your messages. I get it. I had hoped for better, however.

:facepalm:

I honestly have no idea what planet you came from, how you reach those conclusions other than twisting whatever you want in your mind. And I'm not the only one on here that thinks that sometimes you're pushing it, that you're over the edge. Some others have expressed the same view, and I bet there are others who don't bother to come forward with their opinions. I say what I think, what I feel, like you do. I impart any knowledge I think I have, and offer my opinion, which I am entitled to. I care what I say because I know others are going to read it, and that reflects on me and the value of what I say - but I just don't particularly care for what YOU think when you make comments like that out of the blue, accusing other people of doing exactly what you are doing. Bedside manner and common courtesy? Ha! You may have some (maybe more than most on here) mechanical knowledge, but very little expertise in dealing with interpersonal relations. You think you are always right, no matter what you feel like saying. You have the ability, and think the authority, to freely criticize anyone who doesn't share your opinion or says something in a way YOU perceive to be offensive to someone else, and then criticize and try to impose your "morality" on them. You have assumed the role of the Proper Bedside Manner and Common Courtesy Policeman on here, saving all others from what YOU think insults them. But you don't have to obey the rules you propose - typical.
Like the government mandating helmets, you mandate your own morality without checking if anyone else is offended, but it doesn't apply to you.
Grow up, take a look in the mirror. Like you keep repeating, it's not WHAT you say, it's HOW you say it. In your case. sometimes you shouldn't say anything at all. :jo: :curse:
And "never buy or trust a used helmet" is the consensus of just about every bike site on the web - if you need them, I can find you references but I suppose you could criticize them too some how.