I have a complaint. Each comment from the parent poster has been downvoted, so much so that I struggle to read them.

Is this what we do now? Instead of agreeing to disagree, or (better!) explaining our viewpoint, we make comments fade into the background? Whatever happened to edification?

Because, these are valid comments! The real world bears them out! I strongly disagree, but that does not make me (or anyone else) right. This is a forum for discussion, so - discuss!