I can justify to myself that Terry won because he has to do a tougher job. Each week, he gets isolated against an attacker, and has to win the duel. And HAS won the duel.

Lampard has benefited from playing in the best side in the country, as the attacking central midfielder.

Unfortunately, that's the exact opposite of the argument Mr. Terry put forward himself, reinforcing your first point.

Regarding your second point, there is a significant subset of techies who are adopting linux (a rather user-hostile environment) because of the kind of insane "normality" you point out. It sometimes seems like you get a choice between logic-friendly and idiot-friendly.

I do not view this as a good thing.