While it make look to be that simple, the greater benefit of having these discussions out in the open amongst the various developer communities should not be ov

While it make look to be that simple, the greater benefit of having these discussions out in the open amongst the various developer communities should not be overlooked. There are a lot of developers out there that will take what DHH says for "the golden rule" without critically thinking about the content of his assertions. (Of course this is true for a lot of vocal developers, including Gary). When we have folks like Uncle Bob and Gary Bernhardt challenging those assertions, all of us can benefit. And for those people who are not used to, or don't have the experience in the community of speaking up and challenging ideas, they can learn that it's not OK just to take someone's opinion on software development as the truth. If you don't like the conversations, ignore them and read something else.