The first sentence in the above post is exactly the reason I will regularly counter what often becomes a string of posts containing little more than negative hyperbole.
I have worked in law enforcement for much of my life so comments on internet forums are an irrelevance to me. Others may not be as thick skinned or they are but just happen to be going through a bad patch in life and things that would normally be viewed as trivial take on more importance. This is especially true of such a personal area as appearance. There is obviously a correlation between clothing and the person wearing that clothing and it is indeed telling that we rarely see posters asking advice about a certain clothing range on here so the point the above poster makes is an astute one. Too astute for the "I'll post what I want and I don't care if I cause offence" brigade to understand I suspect.
There is a balance to be struck and people should post negative comments if they want, and I certainly do, but I am not talking about what I would describe as the average poster on here who has a healthy balance between positive and negative. It's the thankfully small number where nothing escapes their ire, be it a dress or a handbag or a pie or a presenter or anything in fact. Whatever it is, they have something negative to say. Never any attempt at wit or clever cutting remark, just the same old same old with the likeminded feeding off of each other. Misery loves company as they say. Pick them up on anything and they are soon playing the victim card though.
