To address your update:

Rather is to discuss the proper nature of true Perl advocacy and what I saw as an improper characterization.

Refusing to believe that another language could be superior to Perl is bigotry. Does a language get stronger or weaker if its disciples are mainly bigots?

True Perl advocacy is to understand a variety of languages by writing enough code in them to become proficient in each. Then the student will be englightened.

Some wish he would just stop and adhere to the status quo. He, apparently, refuses. Now, that’s an advocate.

I have never seen anyone wishing Larry would stop. If there exist circles which hold this sentiment, I’d be interested to learn about their general world view and which perspectives have shaped it.

I want to leave you with two of my all-time favourite quotes:

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. – Aristotle (the ancient philosopher, not me)

I would like to be allowed to admire a man’s opinion as I would his dog: without being expected to take it home with me. – Frank A. Clark

Makeshifts last the longest.