Your annoyance has been noted. Keep in mind, though, that I had asked a question in an attempt to see things from Eugine_Nier's point of view, and that at the time I made the complaining post I hadn't gotten an answer yet, but had been down-voted for my trouble. It's poor practice for the community to punish people who make an effort to examine the evidence against their strongly-held opinions, and it's in my best interests to rail against community behaviour that gets in the way of my own learning. I certainly don't make a habit of whingeing about every loss of karma that seems unjustified to me - if I thought the loss of karma was deserved then I wouldn't have made the post in the first place - but I reserve the right to kick up a stink if I think people's down-votes are obstructing rational process. And, of course, I'm willing to cop any further karma loss that I take as a result as having been sacrificed for a worthy cause. So, go ahead down-voting complainers if that's what makes you happy, but I'd respectfully like to tender the suggestion that occasionally complaining is the right thing to do.