There's nothing pedantic about it. Being procedural isn't the only way you can legally descend below MSA. To state otherwise just highlights the general misunderstanding of minimum altitudes. People do come to this site to learn things, unfortunately, so it's important to be correct when stating facts.
Point in case I reckon you didn't actually mean MSA because at Bilbao it's 7000'. It'd be difficult to land if you couldn't go below that unless you're flying the
entire procedure...and I bet you weren't.
I was not on a procedure )
You don't have to be. But--------->
That is what I agreed 100%
That is where you are 100% wrong.