Enough already. I don't see why we should waste our time on arguing with a large group of people who don't get it. No matter what you say, if it is not obvious and carries any insight at all, people are going to be insulted. This is their problem, not ours. It only takes 10% of the readers to turn a good story into a flamefest. Personally, I found this essay as insightful and interesting as any of PG's essays, and I'm sure that most of the other people who read it feel the same.

All this no-restraint bashing of an interesting article ("you shouldn't have used the 'lions in cages' metaphor! Now I feel terrible! Bghwaaa-waaa-waaa") is really getting on my nerves. Sometimes someone says something that insults you. Get over it. Paul Graham isn't out to get you, and he has explained at length that he didn't actually imply that cubicle workers are losers.

With that in mind: people complaining on this scale about "mere" words is usually a sign that there is an unpleasant truth being uncovered. I think everyone who had their feelings hurt should stop and think about that for a while.