That and the inappropriate personal jibes at EASA staff.
I have to agree. Whilst I know Beagle personally and have the greatest respect for his work and experience I do think that the constant xenophobic jibes do him and AOPA no favours. I find quite a lot of the comments about EASA and its staff to border on being racist.
Sometimes the rabid dog attacks on EASA remind me of the poppy burners....
With regard to this vein of this thread the argument is actually running at a tangent. The IMCr discussion should be totally separate from the discussion around an achievable IR and conversion path.
The IMCr should be retained totally separate from any other discussion. Personally as I have said a number of times, I think that the decision was made a long time ago to do away with it and I would be most surprised if that were to change. A real shame as I love teaching it and the safety benefits and continuing education to pilots to keep them active and involved are without doubt.