While I won't deny not having given your comment as careful a reading as I perhaps could have, my motivation in posting my own had more to do with staving off a torrent of follow-ups that all came from the place of "opinions over facts" that I decried than it did criticism of your position.
My apologies for my ambiguity. I could have been far clearer about what I was trying to say, and my motivations for having said it.
I wanted to single out your comment as an example of a gracious apology and what I presume is the desired level of discourse at the Hacker News community.
I see both parts of the discussion are among the older members of HN, glad to see they're setting a good example :)
My apologies for my ambiguity. I could have been far clearer about what I was trying to say, and my motivations for having said it.