Thank you, Gary!
I found it offensive as well. Everything you say was what I was thinking when I was reading what was being said.
Another reason I, personally, was upset was because it seemed as though someone was being judged entirely because of the way their voice sounded. As a young child I had a very bad speech impediment. I was constantly being made fun of because of it. Not just my peers, but even adults would do that. People just assumed that, because I couldn't talk properly, I was some sort of mental retard. I can remember occasions, when I was out with my mother, other adults actually saying to my mother how sorry they felt for her, having a child like me. "I feel so sorry for you. Just to look at him, he seems so normal" was the sort of thing I would hear being said about me.
I think the main reason I wasn't as forceful as you when I made my first comment about not being happy, is that I am a relative newcomer to this forum, so I wasn't sure just what is considered acceptable behaviour in here. That, plus the fact that it is often difficult in text based chat to be sure just how some comments that people make might actually have been intended, due to the fact that there is no body language, or tone of voice, to interpret. (There weren't even any emoticons used in the comments to help me gauge whether they were being said seriously or not.)
I'm sorry if me making that original comment has upset any other members of this forum. But it needed to be said, and I will not apologise for saying it.