>Yes I gave my opinion on how a Paladin should act.
>

Yep you sure did, in a thread about a paladin who acted contrary to your perception.
>Yes, I commented on people playing a paladin this way.
>

Yep, thereby implying to the reader that the player in question to use your words "Nor do I think anyone real or imagined with a modicum of self respect would play a respectible Paladin that way" This is exactly what you said, and taken in context to the thread is a personal attack on the player of that paladin, regardless on if you said his name specifically or not.

>No, I didn't attack the Paladin or it's player personally
>because I don't know either.

I don't know you personally either, but you took my comment as a personal attack.

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>There is a distinct behavior here and I commented on the
>behavior.

The behavior is linked to the person. Without it the behaviour does not exist. Thus you are also commenting on the person.

>
>You commented on me, thus making it personal and leading to
>this.

I made an observation of your past posts, and your current ones. That is all I did. You have said in this very thread that you made observations and those should not be considered attacks. Again, the hypocrisy(sp?) amazes me.


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>You could have left that line out of that post 10 posts back
>and this would be a stream lined thread.