On "Degrading the Art Form".

Short form:

Lots of things, for decades now, have been degrading the art form.
Few of the people complaining have put much effort into documenting, and promoting, what's right about the art form.

If all I see from you are posts about how awful someone is, or how horrid that new DVD is, or how someone "doesn't respect" some arbitrary part of "the art form", I'm going to think long and hard about what you're saying, and why you're saying it.
I complain a lot, here.  I also try to inform when I complain, and to also inform and enlighten.

I'd love to see much more of the latter, and much less griping about aspects of "the art form" you can't control.

And now, I'm going to take my own advice.  :)