Funny thing was that I started out meaning to defend ethic from the troll accusation. Then that moved to pointing out to him that I thought his posts have been kind of insulting lately but that doesn't make him an asshole unless he's doing it on purpose. I'm not mad at him, just trying to make him aware of how he's coming across.
Perhaps "asshole" wasn't the best term to use. If that bothered you, ethic, I apologize.