Your point about pragmatism is valid, but in the way that spjwebster speaks about above. JavaScript is just too fragile to depend on for a truly robust applicat

Your point about pragmatism is valid, but in the way that spjwebster speaks about above. JavaScript is just too fragile to depend on for a truly robust application or website. Lack of JavaScript isn't just about the minor percentage of users that disable, but also about those whose JS resources are blocked or fail to load. What's more, the fact that a single JS error in page can block all other JS from running introduces even more nightmares.