It is not "making a case" to state that character entities are "obnoxious" and backslash should be used instead of ampersand. It is stating a preference without

It is not "making a case" to state that character entities are "obnoxious" and backslash should be used instead of ampersand. It is stating a preference without providing any kind of justification. And what do you suggest is the meaning of "discover Unicode" in the context of a criticism of XML? XML was unicode from the beginning.