I had no problem with what you said or how you said it. If a soapbox falls to hand it is easy for me to climb on top of it and go into lecture mode so I can't point fingers at someone else for being pedantic.
Scooters are an answer to a question, but generally it isn't a question I would ask. For the things that interest me scooters' design elements are often bugs instead of features. But that frees up a scooter for someone else who finds those elements to be features.
cheers,
Michael