Ok. You know what? You are right. It was a horrible, stupid thing for me to say. I regret having said it. It reflects poorly on me, it is probably not the type of discourse the forum owners prefer to see, and it is disrespectful for hard rock fans who haven't hassled me about my personal tastes. My knee jerk reaction to your hostile responses was to respond in kind, but that was not what I should have done. I should have ignored the personal attacks against me, and admitted that my comments were regrettable. Please excuse my remarks.
"Ok. You know what? You are right. It was a horrible, stupid thing for me to say. I regret having said it ... Please excuse my remarks." Hey, no problem at all. I've had my less-than-model online moments as well. And reading your later posts, seems like you and I actually have similar tastes - especially in guitarists. I'm a VH nut as well, and after Edward, it's tough to be particularly impressed with most of the 80's hair bands.
And I've never owned a Ratt or Motely Crue record, either. Usually, if you avoid any band with an umlaut in its name, you're safe. As for my response, I just tend to get a bit torqued when I see such perfectly good bile wasted - bile that could be used on more important targets, like liberals.
Cheers.