More than that, it drives home the need to disable JavaScript by default. To do otherwise is inviting every web site you visit (and every third-party site they

More than that, it drives home the need to disable JavaScript by default. To do otherwise is inviting every web site you visit (and every third-party site they load content from, and everyone who can compromise either) to run arbitrary code on your system. And it drives home the stupidity of sites which demand JavaScript to view even simple content which could just as well be static.