[bryanrasmussen]

that a particular way of doing things was problematic for the community as a whole when measured across all usages does not invalidate the observation that there were some usages in which that particular way seemed better.

when, as I often encounter, organizations mandate all hooks all the time they are not throwing the baby out with the bathwater, but they are maybe throwing out the baby's rubber duckie without considering that might be useful to have around at times.