My last sentence was possibly out of line. For that, I apologize.
The remainder of my comments can in no reasonable way be interpreted as a personal attack. They only concerned your comment, and I stand by them. You may believe you made a point clearly, strongly, and thoroughly; I seriously disagree.
Also, be careful about conflating anger and disagreement.
> seemingly overflowing with the opinion that ten_fingers is the most important person in the world and the rest of us should drop everything to absorb his every utterance
is not supported with facts and is based on nothing solid, just a wild opinion, full of anger, wildly wrong, insulting, and out of place. Say something like to someone in person in a bar and risk getting a bottle broken over your head.
All I did was comment on the article's claims of some good writing lesson. I don't think the lesson was good and used examples to illustrate why. What I wrote was fine and deserved no insults.
The remainder of my comments can in no reasonable way be interpreted as a personal attack. They only concerned your comment, and I stand by them. You may believe you made a point clearly, strongly, and thoroughly; I seriously disagree.
Also, be careful about conflating anger and disagreement.