While this is probably true, I think this argument is used to defend things that could totally be handled without any (or with very minimal) javascript. Turboli

While this is probably true, I think this argument is used to defend things that could totally be handled without any (or with very minimal) javascript. Turbolinks or Pjax will get you most of the way toward the interactivity people are used to with single page JS apps. Of course there are interactions that necessitate more Javascript. In my experience, those cases are the exception, not the rule.