The value of experience, and a display of the civility we try to maintain here on FR.
That said, Beckett didn't say anything others haven't said (or worse), it was just who he said it about. It ruffled a lot of feathers.
And I do understand that. All it takes is for 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 posters to say they disagree. There! Whose message rules the day?
It’s not that difficult. Heh heh heh...