"there is no bonus over HTML 4.01 maybe besides you being used to the small markup differences better."

That should be enough if you care about progressing and doing things the best way.

"Also, what you stated was the original purpose of HTML, before CSS was even a thought in HTML developers heads (time of marquee and blink). Things change."

Last time I checked, HTML 4.01 Strict didn't limit you from typing up presentational code. So yeah... Things change. The people who make the standards for the web are now supporting the latest 'thing' - XHTML. I don't know about you, but that's a good enough reason for me to use it.

Next up, I didn't call you "all" jackasses. I called 2 people who replied to my original post and just looked for trouble. :/

And no I'm not a hypocrite (well, at least not in this case) because I wasn't taking a **** at some random friendly guy, I was merely giving something back to people who purposely tried to make them look better than me for no logical reason.