The issue has never really been GC. Nobody minds being advised of a useful technique that might help them in their endeavours. Why would anybody?

It's always been about the way it's presented, which has often been rude, patronising and inconsiderate. Wolf's example is but one of countless that could have been given.

Does it matter?

Depends. See the antipathy, devisiveness and resentment that's been generated. You just have to decide whether any of that matters. For some it will and for some it won't.

We all know that you have to be thick-skinned to survive in public internet forums, but that doesn't mean anyone should go out of there way to make people feel ill at ease in this one.

As I've said above, I'm a GC advocate. I love it and am very grateful for the knowledge and tools that have been made available to me for free.

But I don't play an active part in any GC debates here simply because I don't want the embarrasment of being associated with the arrogance all too often associated with the GC 'message'.

If anybody asks me in private about GC I recommend it strongly and explain why. I would, however,  never, ever suggest that they can only produce 'crap' without it.

Call it coddling. I call it politeness.

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