> Anyway, I have lost 30 karma points even having this discussion so this will be my last comment on this. FWIW, you seemed polite and coherent to me and I wou

> Anyway, I have lost 30 karma points even having this discussion so this will be my last comment on this. FWIW, you seemed polite and coherent to me and I wouldn't have downvoted your post even if I could. I try not to let karma-seeking affect my more serious posts (though I do purposefully take downvotes as a signal of what sorts of humor are acceptable by community standards), and I think it's generally a loss when somebody gets downvoted into oblivion for politely sharing a perspective I disagree with.