Someone from Google's HR team needs to drag you into a room, and force you to read something about the art of persuasion. You have embarrassed your project and team. While your arguments are mostly sound, they are overly combative and largely unconvincing. From a 70 year old book, here are some tips to "Win people to your way of thinking":
* The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
* Show respect for the other person's opinions. Never say "You're Wrong."
* If you're wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
* Begin in a friendly way.
* Start with questions to which the other person will answer yes.
* Let the other person do a great deal of the talking.
* Let the other person feel the idea is his or hers.
* Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view.
* Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.
* Appeal to the nobler motives.
* Dramatize your ideas.
* Throw down a challenge.
Frankly, you should relax. Google's Go ate tons of shit on HN, and now gets nothing but praise. If you wan't to persuade people to the way you think, then persuade people correctly. If you are offended by some argument, grow thicker fucking skin and don't lash back. If you must lash back do it from a throwaway account and don't mention you work for Google. Let the arguments rest on their own merits.
* The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
* Show respect for the other person's opinions. Never say "You're Wrong."
* If you're wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
* Begin in a friendly way.
* Start with questions to which the other person will answer yes.
* Let the other person do a great deal of the talking.
* Let the other person feel the idea is his or hers.
* Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view.
* Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.
* Appeal to the nobler motives.
* Dramatize your ideas.
* Throw down a challenge.
Frankly, you should relax. Google's Go ate tons of shit on HN, and now gets nothing but praise. If you wan't to persuade people to the way you think, then persuade people correctly. If you are offended by some argument, grow thicker fucking skin and don't lash back. If you must lash back do it from a throwaway account and don't mention you work for Google. Let the arguments rest on their own merits.