No one should ever try and convince another person that their personal preference is right, wrong, good or bad unless that preference can cause harm in some manner to said person. Some people liked ROTS and some people didn't, there's nothing wrong with either opinion. You trying to convince people that the PT's weren't as flawed was faulty from the start because the truth is, the PT's are flawed in so many ways, and not just in nitpicks, but in some major continuity plot points. ex:
BEN: That's what your uncle told you. He didn't hold with your father's ideals. Thought he should have stayed here and not gotten involved.
And a little bit later...
If you've seen the PT's, then you know this story Obi-Wan told Luke is now null and void because of GL's revisions. Unless I'm mistaken, Chef never nitpicked this shit; he focused on small things.
If you love the PT's, that's fine, but you shouldn't tell those who see major flaws in them that there aren't any. That stance in and of itself is flawed if you've ever seen the OT. I will defend the brilliance of ANH and ESB, but I damn sure acknowledge the mistakes in them. Example:
I've just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council
permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept
away.
TAGGE: That's impossible! How will the Emperor maintain control
without the bureaucracy?
The Emperor was not some Sith Lord whose name spread fear throughout the galaxy. Hell, he wasn't even a force-user as the following passage tells us:
TARKIN: Obi-Wan Kenobi! What makes you think so?
VADER: A tremor in the Force. The last time I felt it was in the
presence of my old master.
TARKIN: Surely he must be dead by now.
VADER: Don't underestimate the power of the Force.
TARKIN: The Jedi are extinct, their fire has gone out of the universe.
You, my friend, are all that's left of their religion.
And then in ESB and ROTJ, we not only get an Emperor who's in command of the Empire, but he's an evil sith lord to boot. I love ANH and ESB, but those are inconsistencies and I have no problem saying so and while it doesn't diminish my love of the films, I would also never defend them because I know that mistakes were made.
I never got involved in these "counter" threads because I thought they were dumb to begin with. Nitpicks are funny observations but they're not what cause me to dislike a film. Lack of continuity, transitions, cohesion, character development, logic, explanations, etc. - these are the things the PT's contain that piss me off. Forget nitpicks, I'm sure there are many of us here who could rip the PT's a new asshole when it comes to the real issues, but if there are those who love the PT's, live and let live I say. Who am I to tell them otherwise?