[sourcery]

the author's motivation is based more on personal gain than reason

There is always the danger of that, regardless of the persons involved. However, Mr. Benson has provided us with the facts, and his reasoned analysis of them. Provide you'd like to make a comparable effort to present the justification for your opinion--instead of an emotional reaction?

[sourcery]

"Provide you'd like" -> "Perhaps you'd like"

[arete]

comparable effort to present the justification for your opinion--instead of an emotional reaction?

Emotional reactions are so much more fun than reason and fact.

Richard W.