It is to each his own. I am one of the guys that enjoys building more then flying. Even though I have many flyable planes I spend the majority of my time building. I don't knock a guy for having an ARF or for his building ability or lack of. There is enogh stress in life without bashing someone over their particular views on a hobby. If a guy wants to burn up the sky with an ARF have at it and enjoy. I do say I really enjoy attending scale shows and admiring the work of other builders, it usually makes me want to go home and stomp mine to pieces though.
I tend to build the planes in a manner that satisfies myself, if someone else likes and appreciates the time and effort that went into it that's great. If someone wants to point out this and that isn't scale or correct that is fine as well. We are all different and like diffent things that is what makes the hobby great, I learn something new every day on this site and enjoy just browsing the different builds. I also try to post as many of my builds as I can. I may not be an expert or maybe far from it but hopefully I will give some a useful tip or a learn something to help me with the build in the process. To me this generally makes the whole build process much more enjoyable.

Later!!
Anthony