@BJ Johnson - Knowledge & ability are empowering, even in the era of Facebook & Twitter. That, 'The Pen is Mightier than the Sword', does imply an element of or potential for 'weaponization'.

As developers talk to developers about the standards that should be applied to themes intended for general (non-developer) audiences, I wanted to remind that it's millions of folks looking for a theme for sites that run the gamut of 100s of separate classes of use & function.

'Trimmed'-choice themes will be great for some uses, and for sure this category could stand with some enlightened attention. But Atahualpa & Co. has cleared a wide path through impenetrable jungle for an awful lot of well-pleased WordPress tyros, and I can't sign on to now deprecate the high-option option, just because we have awakened to the value of well-made low-option theme-strategies, as well.

WalMart is huge today, because of what the population is today, and WordPress' 'customers' are mostly the same as theirs.

Thanks for the good points & feedback!