&gt; I agree, which is why I singled out poor arguments in my comment.<p>And that would be why I specifically <i>only</i> covered Devil&#x27;s Advocate arguments (rather than poor arguments) in my comment. :)<p>I&#x27;ve seen <i>many</i> examples of knee-jerk downvoters attack Devil&#x27;s Advocate comments without consideration for the quality and earnestness of the comment&#x27;s content.