A meta-question: why do people keep downvoting this comment? It's been up and down ever since I posted it. Is it that I'm critical of Ruby? I would've thought t

A meta-question: why do people keep downvoting this comment? It's been up and down ever since I posted it. Is it that I'm critical of Ruby? I would've thought that if I take the time to write some code and respond in a rational way, then it should be worth at least a couple of karma. What gives?