01-31-2009, 04:28 PM
I think this thread has wandered off topic so far that it may not be really recoverable. I realize that MtMan was making reference to a specific article in Model Railroader. From that comment, this has gone off topic to the point that modeler's with disabilities a jumping in and taking offense. I think the problem is that a post has gone from a specific criticism of a specific case of a specific article in a specific issue of Model Railroader. It may not help that many who are responding have not even read that issue of Model Railroader, but it has gone to generalities, and now people are taking offense, finding exceptions, and questioning whether they are even model railroaders based on who knows what. Is there any socially redeeming value left in this thread?