I can't help but remember what Dekka said in the last thread that the OP started, something like "there is no debate."
It's the same here. He posts something really offensive, and its not for any point. He's NOT saying, "Hey guys, I've heard that s/n isn't all perfect. How do you feel?"
He's saying that your dogs are substandard because they are s/n and we all know that's a bunch of bull****.
Personally, if I wasn't going to show, I'd totally neuter my future puppy after a year or two and he'd grown up and matured.
It's so much easier, IMHO, to have a s/n animal.
As for the health benefits, there are both sides to that one. I've seen what s/n too early can do to the structure of a dog. I've also seen what not spaying can do when people aren't responsible enough to handle it.
The pounds are full of the latter reason. That's not even mentioning all the STDs that dogs can catch from each other.