As I state above, "it" is only referring to pointless debates over who said what and who agrees with who. "It" is not referring to anything else.
Therein lies the problem. I completely misunderstood the "it," because of careless reading. I thought you guys were referring to the time it was taking to get the REG updated. I thought Schaef was saying that the delay was an "unfortunate necessity," which I read as a sympathetic hand to those who were frustrated. I then saw your response as undermining him. However, neither of you were even talking about what I was thinking. Oops!
And here I was wondering why Hobbit was so upset about my "casual disregard" comment (which I couldn't figure out why was such a horrible insult), but he must have thought I was defending the pointless debating. FTR, I wasn't. I'm just an idiot who can't read.