Thanks Paula,
But don't let a post or two (or more) put you off anything. All forums I have been on (and I have been on many) have a habit of turning emotive over constructive at times. Emotion can tint the way you read others posts. Sort of like if you have ever read a ghost story (or scary book) late at night before you go to bed, you will have an unusual tendency to hear more bumps in the night than if you were reading... I dunno... say Winnie The Pooh or something
Our industry is so fricken awesome and it is fueled almost entirely by passion. However like any fuel, it can combust easily even when you don't want it to. When that happens, peoples emotions flare and it is hard to be balanced and constructive. In those instances, it is easy to read into what people say and instill meaning where there was none (speaking from experience here!).
Lets all make the assumption that no assumptions were made, that nothing went bump in the night and read all posts the rest of the day with the voice of Pooh. Seriously... how could you not smile if you did that?