Besides direct arguments I might make against your point, if you think you can "save the Basilisk", recall why it's called that and think long and hard on whether you actually should do so, because that seems like a really bad idea, even if this thread is probably going to get nuked soon anyway.
even if this thread is probably going to get nuked soon anyway.
From Eliezer elsewhere in this thread:
But in this special case I won't ban any RB discussion such that /r/xkcd would allow it to occur there.
Todays xkcd
I guess there'll be a fair bit of traffic coming from people looking it up?