It's true that Ruby should provide better tools. But it's also true that a lot of what goes on is avoidable and there's nothing wrong with you pointing that out.

Alright, so why the "(you) publicly blame and shame others for the mess" then?

I am not sure if I am reading this right, but there seems to be abit of a moralizing tone there. "The difference between us is you [ do something slightly slimy] , I [ do something very noble]".

At least that's the way it reads to me.

I am not sure in a discussion of a technical issue there is much of a difference in practice. Why is "this is sucky" not acceptable unless one has spent significant time trying to clean it up?

Edit : Retracted after reading "Actually, I was just trying to pretend that I'm a kindly old wise man that everybody likes for his civic-minded attention to duty. In reality, I'm just as disgusted as you are and the post title says it all.".

I thought I'll leave it up here as a warning not others not to read too much into something.