rootboy 

A clue to much of the problem can be read in this sentence. What is "good" and "bad" is largely based on subjective opinions. Not all of it of course, but any time you try to judge things by putting them in one specific category or another, you're going to get an argument started. Some folks believe their opinions are more valuable than others' , based on their experience, I guess. Experience does matter. And knowledge is power, as they say. Any thread that calls for a judgement call on a piece of gear or item is subject to this phenomena. Not pretty sometimes, but that's the way it is.