"Your post missed many key points,"
OMG! You mean that NO ONE at APS can use any sort of simplification for anything anymore -- that they must explain every concept and nuance in exacting, precise, detail -- because someone else might not get something?
I guess APS needs a new motto...
TO SIMPLIFY IS TO SIN
or maybe...
BABY JESUS CRIES WHEN THE EXPLANATION ISN'T DOGMATIC