You have made a mistake, Catco.
You cannot consider the elimination of some value x without first merely considering x. To consider x is to provide attention towards x.
The only true solution is to stop reading immediately, exit this thread, and not return to it. Ever.
Hopefully you realize that by even considering this idea of "fight", you have already slipped back into his intentions of dwelling on the issue more than it needs to be dwelt on. In fact, by reading this very comment based on your own comment on this subject, you are merely encouraging yourself to continue the propagation of thought along these lines, which is inadvertently giving him the attention he wants....should we fight fire with fire, or should we fight fire with water?
You cannot consider the elimination of some value x without first merely considering x. To consider x is to provide attention towards x.
The only true solution is to stop reading immediately, exit this thread, and not return to it. Ever.