I'm annoyed by the belief that consistency is ipso facto good. Consistency is a tool for attacking a particular type of problem. Consistency for its own sake wi

I'm annoyed by the belief that consistency is ipso facto good. Consistency is a tool for attacking a particular type of problem. Consistency for its own sake will often make things worse. I see this fallacious reasoning all the time in design critiques: this is inconsistent with that. Well, yes, but so what? Why is consistency desirable in this instance?