Oh, don't get me wrong. I shoot in low light a lot too, rarely opting for flash, and frequently go to ISO 1600 on my Nikon's -- and I just bought a Fuji F20 p&s in large part for that reason -- but photos do not have to be completely grain-free to be good. And IMHO, there are other factors to...
Yeah, the MP thing (and all its ilk) can be very annoying. That we can certainly all agree on. And I also agree to a good extent w/ Aaron's point about the problem w/ people being "internet educated" vs actually trying things out for themselves and going w/ what actually works for them (and go...
Ditto what Scott already said. :D I saw John's post the other day, but didn't have time to respond. Now, I find that Scott has said just about everything I would say and more and in better ways than I could've.