[Retra]

I think, once you unanimously conclude that something should not be done, that people don't really care _why_ it shouldn't be done until someone tries to suggest you should do it.

For example, we know not to dereference null pointers. It is pretty much never correct to do so, and it's hard to imagine otherwise. What does it matter what C says should happen when you do it? You're never going to intentionally do it, so it becomes an incongruous hypothetical. Like "what would happen if you were never born?" The answer is useless because the question is inherently flawed.