Wouldnt say hes a troll, some people really are ignorant enough about how these things work to think they can do it.

And another point, trainers ARE better, but you can learn on anything, trainers were the only real choice before the buddy box, their slow speed and self-righting abilities made it easier to hand-off the controller back to the instructor, but now with buddy boxes, its an instant change, the instructors fingers are (should be) on the sticks already. If it can fly, you can learn on it...it will just take longer. It depends on the instructor too, an old buddy of mine learned to fly last year on a corsair, and after about a gallon of fuel, he was soloed on it...it hasnt crashed yet (other than a prop strike or 2 on landings)

Still though, a high-wing trainer is better, especially with the mindset of the original poster.