Presenting a counter-proposal for the sake of prolonging an unnecessary argument is more often than not meant as nothing more than a psychological ploy to distract, confuse and weaken the opponent.
While having no factual basis supporting it, the so-called ploy is only charged with emotional unwillingness. History has proven that even such a lack of real cause can bring wars that kill thousands if not millions of people.
Who said that mankind has developed in order to communicate rather than to destroy?