My dear friend,
As in all matters, there is more than what shines on the surface that guides public writings/actions, bringing to my memory the Firenze from the 15th century as described by Machiawonko.
If no actions would be taken, would we be better off?
Naaah, it's not at all about actions taken, that should have been taken or that should not have been taken, any action - even the ones that reveal themselves as "wrong" eventually, if taken when an action is needed, are good. (or if you prefer "no action" is always bad)
I was talking of communicating, if you prefer talking, or if needed, as said, fighting, but at the end
solve the problems.
I cannot believe that a bunch of intelligent people (as I personally consider all the involved peeps) cannot - while still keeping their own ideas and opinions - find a way to co-live (virtually) on a technical board.
It is not sports (I mean like it may be for some Europeans football/soccer), or other "spiky" topic, it is all about a set of computer instructions assembled in a given order, come on.... (and still many people find a way to go ahead while supporting different teams).
Now, if it was myself, with my dinosaurish mentality and my natural resistance to change things that work and worked in a given way since the dawn of time, I would understand the difficulties in adapting to new approaches, but you?
You are the one that has always been open to new ideas, willing (and capable) to start again from zero on a number of things.
Don't you feel like it could be possible to §@ç#ing set aside nonsense (it is past) and start again on new grounds?
Of course this will have a cost (time, patience, sweat and blood
) but the alternative (to peace, even if the peace calls for a few compromises) is not, as we have seen, war (and war is not a single battle), it is guerrilla.
You can fight a war (no matter if you lose it or win it) but you cannot live with guerrilla over the years, it is simply an exhausting, never-ending PITA.
Wonko