I totally don't agree with those people at all, but if that's what I had read in her post, well, I wouldn't've written this one. I think around when I saw the patio vs hall painting metaphor, with its assignations of respective importance, I had to say something. OTOH, one of the reasons I posted this was to get other perspectives on my thoughts; I would be relieved to be wrong about what the message of her post was meant to be.

Personally, I am celebrating the victories and /m/o/u/r/n/i/n/g/ being really pissed off about.the losses. I do not see one as any obstacle to the.other.

That's why I wrote this -- that's exactly where I am too.