Accordingly, and with all due respect, I don't request sanctimonious crap from mudslingers.

Ouch, I've clearly hit a nerve. My mileage with Reiser wasn't all rosy and sweet, lost critical data that was written after a power loss and before the next backup cycle. My aversion to the filesystem is purely technical. All other filesystems on that day recovered with their respective fsck;s. WIshing you continued good luck with your exploits.