Atypical put it very well IMO. This is an online forum. It has guidelines but people are different and if anyone is offended here I think it's up to them to take care of themselves.

If someone is offended they can say they are offended and the other party can either see their point or ignore it (and the first person may like to tell people things like that, inducing guilt-trips, etc., so ignoring some times is the thing to do). They can ignore the offending comment or put the "offending" poster on ignore, or they can report the post to the moderators to decide what to do. That has certainly been the thing to do sometimes in the past in this forum -- there have been some horrible things said to some people in this forum but I don't remember you being one.

I for one welcome your posts on any thread. I read stuff and reply, as well. Sometimes it strikes the other person the wrong way or steps on their toes, too, and I for one like the other person to tell me when that happens, and why. In person that's kind of hard -- it frequently comes with a "you bad person" kind of tone. But here online -- I can definitely screen that out and maybe learn from what the other person has to say. Or not, but what I think about what they have to say is my business and I appreciate people sharing what they have to say.