Originally posted by mee I can't speak for Ron, I wish he'd play nice. But you started this as a personal issue (your view that those of us discussing Tamron were spreading 'FUD' as you call it); Your very complaint is a personal one. So it is a case of pot calling the kettle black.
I can't help that you dislike the topics we are discussing, yet you have the option of disengage and stop viewing this thread. You have that freedom too.
Our discussion was friendly and unassuming until you came along like a gloomy cloud to rain on our conversation. I'm afraid if anyone is spreading FUD it is yourself. Can't we all just get along?
It's not my fault if some people are identifying themselves with the ideas they're expressing at one moment. Think about it: what if you're wrong, does that make you wrong as a person? (definitely not!). What if you change your mind, does that change you as a person? (definitely not!)
Then, there's the wording I used. "FUD can be harmful", as opposed to: "you want to harm Pentax". That is intentional; I'm not even questioning your motives and intentions, or rather I counted on you accepting my arguments and stop playing Ron's game.
Unfortunately, in such situations many people are closing their minds and become extremely stubborn, take it very personal and won't bulge from their initial position despite being presented with valid arguments.
Now, is it FUD or not? You acknowledged yourself that you're discussing the
survival of Pentax (@Ricoh Imaging), building a theoretical scenario (presented as possible) in which it wouldn't survive. q.e.d.
If you don't accept that, then "what if Pentax won't survive by the end of the year?" must not be FUD either in your opinion. Or "what if Ricoh Imaging cancels all the lenses on the roadmap". All theoretical scenarios assuming a market contraction
By the way, I'm not the only one seeing this as FUD. And I'm sure I'm not the only one who saw people not considering Pentax because they're wary about its survival. We don't need more PentaxIsDoomed
TM.
Can you point out to any piece of FUD I've spread lately (or ever, for that matter)? No? I didn't thought you could. This accusation is personal, because you're not attacking an idea of mine - it doesn't exist - but myself.