I agree, however if I'd come right out and made the direct accusation he could have ducked behind the barricade of claiming he was only stating the point rather than advocating it. Far sneakier to lure him out into the open so we can all have a bash at him.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'