So often it feels like people lose track of the actual conversation happening in the comments in favor of posting a cute quip for points...

This thread originated with one poster expressing disappointment that someone of the author's acumen would choose this path, and another poster asked why the author (or someone of their skills) should have chosen a different path. I weighed in with an answer to that question.

Obviously the author did not see things the way I suggested, or else the conversation would not have happened.