The comment is flippant but IMO it's also a pithy summary of an important argument in this debate. To which some of the responses are thoughtful and substantive

The comment is flippant but IMO it's also a pithy summary of an important argument in this debate. To which some of the responses are thoughtful and substantive. Tangential: I quite often slap down comments for much the same reasons you're using. No objections there, in fact I wish more people would do it.