Well I think its impossible to make a statement like this and not lose points because of the sheer number of people who strongly strongly disagree with the stat

Well I think its impossible to make a statement like this and not lose points because of the sheer number of people who strongly strongly disagree with the statement (and the fact that it isn't connected to support directly, in the same post, and people dont always read downward in the thread) -- Also there seems to be this peer pressure to downmod when something looks disagreeable.