I just had to drop you a quick note and complement you for protesting the outrageous (personal and professional) attacks of dissenting opinions on the Sigma Forum.
I was banned long ago for vigorously voicing my opinion on the matter -- but (check the record) I never had to call people idiot or stupid or say disparaging things about a particular person's artistic/photographic talent.
Thanks for providing a bit of balance up there :)
And you are certainly right about one thing: these boys have a morbid fixation on these inanimate objects -- that is bordering on the .. well, I don't want to say it :)