I think the first sentence could be taken as somewhat antagonistic:

After 4 years of C# I am baffled how why I ever used vfp.

However, the rest seemed only to be his opinion on the merits of C# over VFP (however he did not substantiate his opinion) but I don't think the remainder of his post was antagonistic - that came later in subsequent messages.


>It is definitely an opinion many will not like, but it is his opinion and appropriate given the original message.
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>Is that a fair characterization? Nobody *ever* seems to object when the same sorts of opinion were expressed several times in a less antagonistic fashion.
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>IMHO if you look at posts where people object it's almost always to the tone/insults, not to the underlying message which in most cases is very familiar.
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>Sorry if I'm seeming to repeat myself, but there seems to be a trend in which obnoxious posts are subsequently portrayed as "VFPers ganging up because they don't like the message" which is rarely the truth.