Ignore the parts you find rude.
This
is the correct approach, rin4et, because it's the only one that works.
Lawrence sometimes speaks very plainly, sometimes even "outspokenly", but he often has a point to make, too (as indeed he did here).
Sure he was very direct and it was plain-speaking, but if that
really felt like "trolling" to you, you're honestly going to have
real problems in this forum.
Please invite him on your threads because he is not welcome to post on any of mine.
I'm saying this
supportively and with helpful intentions only, but it isn't "yours": you don't own a thread, here, just because you started it.
You can see from this one exactly what I mean: you can't stop others from sometimes saying things you don't want to hear, as long as they're not insulting (which he wasn't). The moderators will very efficiently remove insults and name-calling, if you ask them to.
I'm not suggesting that that's either good or bad in itself, but it's
undeniably "the way it
is" and - as I discovered, myself, when I was new here - if you don't accommodate that and allow for it, and just ignore it, it's going to be tough. Good luck!
