I read through the entire post......I missed anyone calling anyone stupid.
I think the consensus is clear......if you smoke the fronts going through the lights , you are going to attract some official attention.
And it seems like most feel it is justified.
If you can " drive the finish line " and not smoke your front tires or veer into the wall , then you have done nothing wrong from my chair.
Our approach has always been to run our race and let the chips fall where they may.
Whoever is in the other lane is not all that important.
Certainly not as important as they think.