Generally speaking, I think everyone should have the right to give their opinion or dispense advice. By doing so, others also have the right to then give their opinion or dispense advice to that advice. All of that SHOULD be done with as much tact and respect as possible by everyone. Unfortunately, this is the Internet and intentional or not, things don't always come off that way. Also unfortunately, at times there can be an "appeal to authority" in these threads. For example, I remember I once posted my opinion and a respected poster right after me basically said the same thing I did and then someone said "I agree with [respected poster]" instead of me who said it first. Not that I was looking for recognition or resented that he/she got recognition, but I'm just pointing out how things sometimes unfold.

tugger, I guess I haven't seen all the threads of people bashing you, but I did enjoy reading your post even though I didn't agree with all of it, I did agree with some of it. And even some of the parts I didn't agree with, I understood where you were coming from. Even if you're wrong (or better yet, people THINK you're wrong), it's still good to get different perspectives. While the concepts @ $100NL or wherever can't be ignored @ $2NL, you can't completely ignore the fact that optimal strategy @ $2NL DOES differ from all other games. The dynamics @ each level changes and optimal strategy changes with it. Not only that, but optimal strategy at THIS INSTANT IN TIME, is not the same as it was before or will be in the future. Poker is always changing.