In all fairness, he does provide hints as to why regex will not work (namely: HTML is not a regular grammar). Sure, it's somewhat obscured by the humorous ran

In all fairness, he does provide hints as to why regex will not work (namely: HTML is not a regular grammar). Sure, it's somewhat obscured by the humorous rant, but it's not that bad an answer, either. More to the point: I'm not sure I want to suck the humor out of everything. I agree that SO has problems, but humor and poetry are worthwhile things in otherewise serious places. It's all about quantity.