Kottke, thanks, you're clearly a man of intellect.
Decadent, cheers, you're totally right of course.
And Luz, yeah, I agree, my original post was probably asking for trouble, and apparently a lot of people didn't have the mental capacity to see the actual point I was making. The reason I bought the "Lamentations" DVD was because, this time last year I was an Opeth fanboy just like you guys - I was buying all their stuff and even thought of getting a tattoo. Although I KNEW half the DVD would be "Damnation" I didn't expect to get fed up with it as soon as I did(that goes for the "Damnation" album as well). So, a lesson for everyone - don't just buy stuff cos you think the band are the dog's bollocks (I imagine that was the case for 80% of "St Anger"s sales).
One last thing, PoS, YOU may not be childish, but others clearly are, I can't be expected to know when someone's being subtle when their fellow board members are spouting bizarre shit. Take Chris Emerson - what a funny guy he is, I bet you all laughed yourself stupid at his hilarious posts (that was me being sarcastic, I doubt anyone laughed at him - he's obviously rather dull-witted, in an endearing way, like a puppy that looks cute but keeps shitting on your carpet).
Cheers!
*waits on replies*
*doesn't really, just wanted to be pretentious like House Of Seance*