It's kind of wierd.  This forum is run by one of 
the biggest cel operators in the business, and  
another person who runs an equally big operation 
is friends with this person, and comes here 
regularly to reply to posts and look around. This 
is not a slam, my face is calm, and no anger is 
near my mind while writing this, I just thought 
it would be cute, and perhaps give everyone a 
better idea about why all the fury is going 
on...at least I know what makes me shake.

This forum is kind of like a house full of mice. 
And there is a cat that lives in the house.  The 
mice are really hungry, and there is no food in 
the house except in one room.  But the cat guards 
the food.  Most of the time the cat is nice to 
the mice, sharing the food.  The cat doesnt 
really need or want all the food, so he tells the 
mice they are welcome to it.  So, the mice all go 
running in craziness and excitment at the food to 
try and get something yummy.  But every now and 
then, the cat gets mad at the mice.  The cat can 
take away the food, or he can pounce on the mice, 
and eat them for himself, thus eliminating them 
from the already vast counts of mice that are 
already in the house.  One or two, or three that 
are pounced on doesnt matter, there are still 
plenty of mice in the house for the cat to 
enjoy.  The mice dont know why the cat does this, 
they dont know why they are being pounced on, or 
why the food goes away.  But, what they dont 
know, is that there is a mouse in the house who 
is friends with the cat.  If someone makes this 
mouse mad, he tells the cat, and the cat can make 
it all better.  All the while the mice dont have 
a clue about what is going on, all they know is 
they want the food.  They have some idea, but 
nevertheless, cannot do anything about it.  If 
they get rid of the mouse causing the trouble, he 
cannot deal with the cat, and the food might go 
away forever.  Or the cat will never forgive 
them, and he will never let them have anymore 
food.  So, they are content to go on, doing the 
same thing.  And when the cat lets them in for 
the food, they take as much as they can before 
the cat gets mad again.

The above was pretty dumb, I know, but I was just 
thinking about the forum like that.  Yann, 
Stephen, you both are usually nice people to deal 
with.  Yann, I dont know you, never bought from 
you before.  Stephen, I have dealt many times 
with Taro in the past, and everything was 
swimingly good.  But, I get the feeling that some 
people didnt know you guys ran such a tight show, 
especially on this particular forum.  If people 
say things that offend you, it's because they are 
just being human.  They dont know they are 
offending you, they are just talking, like they 
would on the phone or something.  They dont know 
that there's a cat, and a mouse in the house who 
could make them sorry later.  They arent scared 
because they *dont know* they should be.  I hope 
you will both forget about these days soon, and 
not hold grudges against anyone here, and will 
still continue business with them as usual.  I, 
for one, will look back at this a month or so 
from now, and laugh histerically. It's really 
going to be a story from now on, and I hope its 
one that can be told with a lot of laughs.