apoweyn:
You said everything I felt, except you said it better, more coherently, and with a hell of a lot less swearing. Bravo, indeed.
By staying in style or not staying in style, here is what I mean (if I do much more clarification, my ass is going to be transparent. Maybe I should just think before I speak?): Adherence to the guidelines of a particular style is good. But, adherence to the Dogma of a style, allowing for no interpretation of or variation on techniques, is bad juju.
Now, what are we arguing about? We are each preaching to a choir from a completely different religion. We aren't going to change a body's view(s) on this. We will give some extremely delicious food for thought, though. Like someone said earlier (or maybe it was in a sig), we all walk different paths. Just cause someone's on a different road doesn't mean they're lost.
Mother****er.