Where in my post did I justify anything? I pointed out human nature. Nothing more, nothing less. If you allow yourself to react to your buttons being pushed, that makes you as much a part of the problem.
Hmmm, that's a strange connecting of the dots. Derrels attitude has been much changed since yesterday. But that's between him and the forum moderators. It's none of our business, and has zero to do with you and your behavior.
I have not received any warnings or notifications from the forum moderators. None. Not a peep. Interestingly, my comments in that not every portrait has to be a vertical thread received THE MOST "Likes" of any thread I have done in the past month...and it is obvious that quite a few people agreed with me and my statements in that thread. As far as my attitude "changing" since yesterday, hey, I'm here to try and help people with their questions and their photography. EACH day is a new day. I try to plow ahead each day, answering questions, giving advice, and making comments; I try not to hold grudges. You'll note that even if I get into a disagreement with somebody on this board, it's not too long before all is forgotten. I have rhino skin. I am a GROWN-UP. I don't let petty disagreements on a web board bother ME, personally.
My attitude is that each day is a new one, and we might just as well forge ahead. Answer questions, provide URL's, give insights, and share techniques....THAT is what I am here to do. I notice that one fellow who attacked me ad hominem in that thread is not here on TPF...I think HE might have been temporarily banned, OR he slunk away with his tail between his legs and is pouting someplace.