> You judge the idea on it's own merits, not by who suggested it. > I really don't get the tendency [...] to involve emotions [...] You're absolutely right: if

> You judge the idea on it's own merits, not by who suggested it. > I really don't get the tendency [...] to involve emotions [...] You're absolutely right: if someone has a good idea for improvement, it should be adopted regardless of who they are. The difficulty is that the suggestion of a total rewrite is not-infrequently prompted by a mostly-emotional reaction. It may not be taking all the important objective factors into account, so you have to be careful to assess whether it truly is a good idea.