Indeed - that would be bad - and confusing.

It is both bad and confusing that people are defending the idea that this problem is not clearly-stated enough to answer.

I suspect this happens because, people don't like criticising the views of others. They would rather just say 'you are both right' - since then no egos get bruised, and a costly fight is avoided. So, nonsense goes uncriticised, and the innocent come to believe it - because nobody has the guts to knock it down.