[nkohari]

A hint: when trying to convince, it's not a great idea to passive-aggressively insult the other party. Since they're human too, they will probably just get pissed off and write you off as an asshole. Like what I'm doing right now.

[gamache]

Given the level of respect I have for the OP's exhaustively researched points, I should not have said a thing. Someone on the Internet is wrong. My mistake.