Tiger Moth,
Welcome to PPRuNe - 30,000+ people with different attitudes and opinions, and some with a tendency to flame anybody who posts anything that can even remotely be construed as controversial. It's not just you Tiger. It happens to all of us. The first time I got flamed on PPRuNe I ran away (for a day or two anyway). The next time I acted a bit like you're doing, and vowed to never post anything like that again. Eventually I just got used to it.