No, I won't back down from that. Those people all sound like they've gleefully sucked down the kool-aid that Sony spoon-fed them. I'll burn a few karma points to stand by my opinion.
I agree with your view, that's not what I was criticising. It was your choice of words. Describing people as "sheep" is a horribly overused phrase and it has associations of angsty teenagers raging against the machine.
It is also not generally a good idea to attack others for following the crowd, as we all do it. Those who consider themselves contrarian are typically simply choosing to highlight the areas where they reject society, while ignoring the myriad ways in which they toe the line every day. People who really do question all of society's assumptions get locked away in mental hospitals.
Also, we all follow what others tell us because it would be impossible not to. To do otherwise would require independently researching and validating each and every position one holds, and there simply isn't enough time in the day.
If you really questioned everything, you would achieve nothing.
