Well of course you're absolutely right Carol and Peter.

However I just don't feel you have the lightness of touch and gentleness of disposition to stand up as the arbiter in these matters.

You don't know who these people are that you are railing at. You don't know the circumstances of their lives and how it may effect them

All you know is that they did not attack you first. They did not shout your faults in shrill language.

I think you could have expressed reservations about their point of view in a nicer manner.