Thanks, Haven, that's a really good condensation of what I wanted to say, and I might just crib it in the future. I didn't get my reply edited down in time but fortunately two other Columbian readers did respond eloquently a few days after that misinformed post:
http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/j...irly-maligned/
http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/j...pay-taxes-too/
Those both made the deadtree edition.