there are also monks who spent a lot of time with it and have developed an informed, negative reaction to it.

Sure, and I was obviously not referring to such monks. And especially not to you. I disagree with you on the subject, but that's OK for me: you and I are perfectly entitled to have our own diverging opinions on this, we just can't agree on everything.

Update: s/months/monks/. Thanks to LanX for pointing out the typo.