Well, for a trading thread being bearish or bullish shouldn't be an issue, someone who successfully trades couldn't care less either way. "Religion" as you say, along with politics "certainly" should "never" be on this thread.
Well, I learn something every day... I figured that "lutulent" was your way of saving letters when saying "ludicrously flatulent", but it turns out that it's a real word!
One can rationally argue that gold should be treated as a commodity if one THINKS it will never again play a major monetary role. Certainly many think this way.,and they could be right. But asserting this like the 11th commandment is something else.