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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mouseferatu" data-source="post: 3827647" data-attributes="member: 1288">That might be valid, if I'd made a blanket statement "blackening the detractors."My point is simply that a lot of people have ignored a valid point. It's not one that's necessarily going to change their minds, but it's one they should at least consider.Many people have done so, and still object to the name. I have no problem with them. (I'm actually not a fan of the name myself, though I don't hate it, either.)My problem is with certain people--and no, I'm not giving names--who feel the need to respond to every piece of news with allegedly witty put-downs, but consistently ignore any possible counter to their initial reaction. I've seen more than a few people in this category, and frankly, it's starting to irritate me.And that, in a nutshell, is the extent of any explanation I feel obliged to give. I've been around here long enough that people either trust my objectivity, or they don't. And I've been positive about most of what I've heard about 4E, but expressed a dislike about a few particular features, and that ought to be enough to tell people that I'm not simply parroting any hypothetical party line.If either of those two points are still lost on anyone, I'm not convinced it's either my responsibility, or that I would even have the ability, to change their minds.</blockquote>