Alright. This has bugged me long enough. I'll bite. I can't let this sleeping dog lie, and if I could think of any more cliche's, rest assured I'd include them.

What has wanting to be tuned to 440 to do with whether or not you would or would not tune down a half-step?

Isn't the first "A" on the fretboard (bad intonation notwithstanding) still 440? Even if you are tuned down a half-step?

Whether or not you can play with others (my report cards always said that about me "plays well with others..") has nothing to do with WHERE the A falls on the fretboard........does it?