Focusing on a small part of one sentence which is only tangentially related to the OP's main topic seems... unfair to me. I found the OP to be a well-written,

Focusing on a small part of one sentence which is only tangentially related to the OP's main topic seems... unfair to me. I found the OP to be a well-written, well-reasoned, thought-provoking article and would highly recommend reading it in its entirety before passing judgment on it.