The aforementioned review had a number of errors that were missed by the editors, and when I read the revised copy I added in a few changes, but they were reverted to what they were before.
When I tried to reason with the editor who contacted me, I challenged several revisions made by the editors. By not giving a reason for the revisions or why my challenges were overlooked, I inferred that those challenges were ignored. You see, I know my reviews aren't perfect, but that doesn't mean I'm a bad writer or I'm incapable of writing reviews at all. Would it be so wrong for the editors to choke down a little pride every now and then and admit they made a mistake instead of talking to the reviewers like they were dirt? I disagreed with those changes, and yet because I was a lowly reviewer what I had to say had little bearing on the final form the review would take.
Good advice is one thing, "here's my changes; if you don't like them, bugger off" is completely different.
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