duffputt:
I just dont see the problem :-)
I don't know that I ever suggested it was a problem, when done rarely; for example, if someone did it only 2% of the time. :-)
The only thing I ever said is that if a person is doing it consistently (i.e. pretty much all the time) and in situations that don't call for it (for example, on short putts), then it is a bit of a gamer move and not really in the spirit of the game. Obviously, others disagree. And that's fine. It was just my take on it.
But to be clear, which I thought I had been, I've always maintained that in certain situations the shot makes sense. I never suggested otherwise. In fact, I mentioned the 17th hole of St. Andrews as an example as well as posting an example of when I did it on Royal St. George's.