If we're talking about likes and dislikes in the video, I will throw in my 2-cents.
I *knew* people were going to complain about the kid having a sharp object in his hands, or banging stuff with the screwdriver, or standing on the packages, etc. But it's Dave's kid and he can raise him as he likes and I was not going to jump to the same conclusions others were that the kid was in danger. But as soon as I saw the screwdriver, I knew a lot of whining was coming
Regarding kids in videos... I am not a huge fan of children... they are universally 0.00001% as interesting as their parents think they are, so I tried to skip over the kid parts, but they were pretty constant so I ended up skipping much of the video. Didn't offend me, just wasn't interesting.
The only thing I thought was a bit of a low blow was bashing the smoker guy. He took the time and spent good money to send those parts... I think after the first comment (after sniffing the letter) it was enough and the subject should be dropped after. Dave - you seem to have gotten slightly defensive when someone suggested you were making a mistake in how you parent your child. Of course, anyone would be offended when someone preaches to them about how they should live their life. But that's precisely what I thought was kind of shitty in this video... nobody wants to hear anti-smoking preaching either and my initial reaction was similar to your reaction when someone told you how to handle your kid
I agree that someone will always of offended no matter what you do - and I love the "no BS" attitude of the blog - *as it relates to electronics*. If a piece of equipment is crap, I like to know that... if a new PIC chip lacks an obvious feature, I want to know. But if I want to listen to no-BS opinions about health, religion or parenting, I would go elsewhere. It turns me off on the blog.
(and I say that as someone who is probably infinitely less religious than Dave, and I HATE cats and don't smoke!)