too quick to criticize

[sailortats]

Folks, I am posting this in response to two ongoing threads. In one thread we have already lost a new member and in the other I think the person being discussed would have left by now if he was a member.
In the first thread the OP was taken to task for posting a somewhat derogatory comment about a contemporary way of wearing the kilt in the contemporary kilt thread. Let's think about that for a minute. He was a new member still feeling his way around the forum. Where else would he think
to post his comment, certainly not the traditional kilt forum or the DIY forum.
In the other thread we are being extremely critical of they way the person was dressed. We don't know the reason behind the way he dressed for that picture. If we knew that then the picture might be perfectly logical. Let's say the reason he dressed that way was to show some folks the wrong way of wearing the kilt. If that were the case then we would be complimenting him instead of condemning his taste in clothing. Or maybe he was copying the actual outfit of a beloved father or grandfather.
Please, let's all take a few minutes to think things out before jumping in with the criticism. We have been loosing good members recently due to harsh comments made before we have taken the time to think.
Sorry, I did not mean to get on my high horse. These comments are not directed at any one individual but to the forum members as a whole.