Heh, no problems man. I wasn't offended. I just thought it was funny.

BTW, the main reason people tune their guitars down is to make it easier to sing along with open position chords. That, and you get a balls-ier sound. It might make the strings a little looser, but I don't think it would make any difference when shredding.

The key to shredding, in my opinion, is to develop an insane, controlled twitch in your picking hand. Sooner or later, you'll learn to turn it on and off when you need to.