It looks like a debate to me.

This thread illustrates so well my love/hate relationship with this site, but also why I spend less and less time here. There are some people on this site who really know their stuff. I learn from them all the time. This thread has a bunch of those. But unfortunately it also has replies that are abusive to other members and ill-mannered. After enduring these for too long, I have decided to report abusive posts with the hope the moderator will put a stop to the abuse. I urge others to do the same, I have seen sites go South when the abuse gets out of hand and the trolls take over. The troll and abuse quotient of this site has multiplied considerably in the decade or so I have been a member. Judging by the replies of some to this thread, I am not alone in being frustrated by those who seem to have nothing better to do than hurl insults.