When I saw this, it was down a vote or two. I thank you, kind sir / madam, for making me bust a gut.

Not because I think you're wrong. Just that it's tantamount to bringing a bucket of KFC to a vegan event.

I'm not quite sure I understand your analogy unless you mean to say that asciiflows core principles include not using IE.

I think they mean that HN's core principles include not using IE.