Quote - "It's very easy to get uptight and take things badly on the internet, as I've repeatedly said, because you don't see the other person isn't an ogre, that different languages and grammar styles do not mean they are an enemy."

Wise words. I'm surely not an ogre. :-)
English is not my native language and 95% of the time I use it is for business purposes, where I have to be precise and direct and surely I cannot use smilies nor other emotional hints. So, I never gained these habits. When I use them is when I force myself to do it, it doesn't come naturally.

Furthermore, I also don't master all the innuendos of the english language, precisely because it's not native to me.

So, yes, Silverblade is very correct and when reading things in forums one should always have this in mind.