I have to admit, I came into this discussion in support of the chapter and the author (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2664502 http://news.ycombinator.com/i

I have to admit, I came into this discussion in support of the chapter and the author (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2664502 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2664502 for example), but after reading Zed's replies I'm turned off by his elitist replies, such as on multiple occasions telling people that they "can't read". Clearly there's a lot of support (443 votes and counting), but resorting to this sort of insulting just doesn't lend anything to the conversation. And I think it's a worthwhile conversation to be had.