Yoshi P to Mr.Happy "Heal DPS is not mandatory and no expectation for Healer to DPS!"

[Lambdafish]

This is literally the only thing the pro-DPS people are asking

This is the thing that I hate, the absolute backward idea that the pro-dps argument is that healers ARE DPS. I think it might be our own fault for naming the argument wrong (I'd settle for calling it the "pro-not standing around and idling" argument), or even having the damage dealing role having the same name as the idea of dealing damage in general, making it hard to distinguish between the concept of dealing damage, and what the role of DPS entails (using cooldowns, buffs, and rotations to maximise personal and raid DPS efficiency, something which is different from healer damage).

My biggest issue with the anti-dps argument isn't that people aren't DPSing in content, that would actually be fine, and is harmless and simply bad practice. What I want to know is why the hell is it an argument?? Why is it a valid thing to say "this is an acceptable way to play"?
I can perform badly and nobody bat an eyelid, I can go through a dungeon without using storms eye on WAR and people probably wouldn't care. What is not acceptable is for me to then come to the forums and start advocating that "I shouldn't have to use storms eye", because the FACT is that while me using it or not is my choice, there is no justification to support me publically advocating the "playstyle". Oh, and I chose that example because storms eye increases DPS on a job that isn't a DPS.