For what it's worth, I completely agree with you. My comment wasn't really meant to directly compare the two's accomplishments or contributions, just to point

For what it's worth, I completely agree with you. My comment wasn't really meant to directly compare the two's accomplishments or contributions, just to point out that a lot of the popular criticism of Edison is somewhat unfair and could be equally applied to figures that (at least in popular history) have been borderline deified.