the problem is, people often don't show other people respect. why should any of us care if someone listens to music we don't like? i personally can't stand trance, but one of my best friends loves it and i would never put him down because of that. that's his decision to make and i don't need to make myself feel better by insulting it.

that said, you're right about people being too knee-jerk. take any post about jeff mills for example. people are also too touchy at time, probably all of us included.

we need to do two things:

a) respect other people's opinions
b) feel free to disagree and discuss these disagreements

that's pretty much what mark wants us to do on his board anyways...