Applying brute force to the edges of your linguistic endeavors??!?!!!
I never knew such endeavours even had edges. Especially not the sort that could be exposed to brute force (or any other kind of force, except p'raps rhetorical or editorial).
Anyway, BB's counterpoint is fallacious, given the original distinction you were trying to make. But he's an engineer scientist type, and has to double check all outputs against requirements and specifications. We should be glad he is keeping it up, so to speak.