I agree in general, but made an exception in this case: 1) The original comment appeared on a thread that fell off the front page soon afterwards, so not many

I agree in general, but made an exception in this case: 1) The original comment appeared on a thread that fell off the front page soon afterwards, so not many people saw it; 2) I thought it offered an original point of view; 3) It received some upvotes, which I interpreted as meaning that it put into words something that others had been thinking, but hadn't quite figured out how to say. Anyway, it has now had a chance to be viewed by an appropriately large audience, so I will happily retire it.