Chris is obviously being mean-spirited here, and a direct response would only escalate, so I won't make one.
Not mean-spirited. Just honest. If this were a private conversation, I'd keep my thoughts to myself and leave in search of more rational company, but when someone starts publicly saying things like...
(all of which are grossly unfair readings of Eliezer's coment)
...then I think some bluntness is called for.
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.