They can't be applied to any new project. I don't know why you're ignoring this, even with the clarification using the well-understood concept of free vs bound variables. "These other arguments" are a direct response to the question you posed <
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30068014>.
My position is something that I know you already agree with. You can't write, "Surely anything Gemini does or doesn't isn't as damaging as status quo" and think that my argument is unsound—because it's the same concept.
> If you concentrate your energies there
The last thing that we need is _more_ energy being lost to the Gemini sinkhole. That's the whole point!
