As the original author of the article, I must state that I object to the gratuitous and unfortunate attacks upon Detailing Bliss. I was explicit in my introduction that I did not want my piece to become a launching pad for attacks upon any site or any product. I wrote it in a spirit of fun. If we can't enjoy a bit of teasing about our detailing zeal, preferences, and practices, then we are taking ourselves far too seriously.
The folks at DB have been very gracious to me. In fact, shortly after I introduced myself to the folks at DB, I received in the mail an unsolicited and generous gift from a DB member of three different waxes for me to try out on my car, including a sample of a very expensive high-end wax. It was totally unexpected. I do not know why I was chosen to be a beneficiary of this gentleman's generosity, but I am very grateful.
I do not possess sufficient knowledge and experience to know whether the amount of misinformation is proportionately higher at Detailing Bliss as opposed to any other detailing site. I read a lot of b.s. at every site. For myself, I distrust most everything I read on the internet. The more an individual pontificates on a particular subject, the more quickly I dismiss him. I want credentials, substantiation, and sources for dogmatically-asserted knowledge-claims; in the absence of such, it's all just opinion. And as a jazz musician once quipped, "Opinions are like ***-holes. Everyone has one."
What I do know is that the virtues I most respect in others are civility, kindness, patience, generosity, and modesty. It also helps to have a healthy, self-deprecating sense of humor. I abhor flame wars, though I have, to my regret and shame, participated in more than a few during the past decade. Because of the absence in the internet of normal restraining social bonds, it is all too easy to say things about and to others that we would never say in face-to-face conversation. When we indulge this freedom to abuse, we diminish ourselves.
Respectfully,
Al
The folks at DB have been very gracious to me. In fact, shortly after I introduced myself to the folks at DB, I received in the mail an unsolicited and generous gift from a DB member of three different waxes for me to try out on my car, including a sample of a very expensive high-end wax. It was totally unexpected. I do not know why I was chosen to be a beneficiary of this gentleman's generosity, but I am very grateful.
I do not possess sufficient knowledge and experience to know whether the amount of misinformation is proportionately higher at Detailing Bliss as opposed to any other detailing site. I read a lot of b.s. at every site. For myself, I distrust most everything I read on the internet. The more an individual pontificates on a particular subject, the more quickly I dismiss him. I want credentials, substantiation, and sources for dogmatically-asserted knowledge-claims; in the absence of such, it's all just opinion. And as a jazz musician once quipped, "Opinions are like ***-holes. Everyone has one."
What I do know is that the virtues I most respect in others are civility, kindness, patience, generosity, and modesty. It also helps to have a healthy, self-deprecating sense of humor. I abhor flame wars, though I have, to my regret and shame, participated in more than a few during the past decade. Because of the absence in the internet of normal restraining social bonds, it is all too easy to say things about and to others that we would never say in face-to-face conversation. When we indulge this freedom to abuse, we diminish ourselves.
Respectfully,
Al
