He said he's not fussed if they're added or not, he just wants people to use half-decent arguments against them if they're going to try and fight the suggestion.
As for your argument, that could be said about 90% of mIRC's features.
Why add /splay when you can use winamp or windows media player?
Why add DCC send support when you can use a filesharing application or IM?
Why add the ability to chat at all when there are other applications that can be used for chatting?
Why add picture windows when you can use paint?
Why add a scripting language? One isn't NEEDED.
Why add a toolbar? One isn't NEEDED.
I could go on, but I think I got my point across.
