Quote Originally Posted by kyoryu View Post
I agree with you, but I think it's important to keep in mind that a number of players (and I suspect Pex is in this category) consider GM judgement to be inherently questionable and a suboptimal fallback that should be used as infrequently as possible.
I think the primary difference is between people who've been shaped by run-ins with jerk players, and people who've been shaped by run-ins with jerk GMs. I count myself fortunate that I don't have deep scars either way.