Then maybe he should have phrased it as a helpful critique instead of flat out attack which is what I saw it as.

in fact, it is a prime reason why I don't frequent these parts much anymore.  This holier than though attitude blows.   It doesn't benefit anyone. If he wanted to be helpful he could have said something like;

He didn't say that though. He came out attacking, whether he meant to or not, with

I just don't see how you get around that being attack.  Even if his statements are true he put it in a very dickish way...and I like Infundibulum.   So it's easy for me to see why the person lashed back.

I alway's find it funny how everyone is ready to standup and give criticism of someone else's work, but are very rarely willing to create a work of their own.  Not saying this is the case, just noting an observation from my ~40 years inhabiting this rock.