Personally, I just think somebody is upset that Ursus was engaging in dialogue with Whooter and it clogged up that MBA thread. I can understand where such a person is coming from but to leave Whooter's arguments un-countered lends them credibility in the eyes of readers. Responding to him is sometimes a necessary evil, and to be fair, the discussion did not get that far off track.
To a certain extent Whooter is a necessary evil. Without him the forum becomes an echochamber. It's not enough to believe you're right if you can't explain and demonstrate why. Beliefs must have a foundation to be strong and by providing a counter viewpoint to just about anything, he helps people in that process. It sounds bizarre but if he wasn't here, I certainly wouldn't have come up with some of the arguments/views I have and I'm pretty sure it's been the same with others as well. If he wasn't here somebody would have to play devil's advocate. Sincere or not, he does a good job of that.