Originally Posted by PaulNorth

I certainly don't have an issue with a philosophical, scientific, or other worthy disagreement as to methods. I have an issue with calling a guy like Tom Barr in so many words an imbecilic *&&^, simply because he offers a methodology that happens to mean one's products aren't exactly top on the order list within the man's methodological paradigm.

At the time, I knew nothing of Tom Barr, but boy - I will say it, anyway, I sure sniffed what felt to me like a torrent of bad faith, virtual "preaching" to make a dime, when I smelled it rise from my unfortunate conversation with Aquariumplants.com.

Very quickly after, I learned that Tom gave of his information quite liberally, and generously - not making a dime on any of the thousands of posts and so forth across a host of sites - and he has been a boon to my aquakeeping experience, quite honestly. I thank him for a really gratifying leap forward in terms of what I know (I tip a similar nod of my hat to Diana Walstad, for a different, though no less satisfying methodology).


Again, it isn't for a difference of opinion that I had an issue; it's for a pretty vile character assassination, for less than honorable reasons, in my opinion, and for apparently misrepresenting what is and what isn't "their proprietary" product that cleaved me from wanting to do business with this company.