I think that the main reason you are being downvoted is not so much that you are technically wrong, but rather because you are being pedantic ad nauseum. This

I think that the main reason you are being downvoted is not so much that you are technically wrong, but rather because you are being pedantic ad nauseum. This is a programmers' forum, not a philosophers' forum. We should not be discussing the meaning of "is". That's too low-level and fundamental for our purposes. This does not imply it's not an interesting question, it's just not appropriate.