my biggest concerns - why people want to _not_ use semicolons? Does it improve load speed may be? or make code more readable or help with something else?
Since JS source "feels" more C-like than Python-like to me, I think the semicolons are a good idea.
Also, JS was not designed from start as semicolon-less language. If you prefer semicolon-less JS - use Coffee Script. Otherwise it is very hard to debug such code for someone who do not expect semicolon-less JS code.
If you want good example, say "shell script" instead.
Won't you consider it? Less line noise, you know?
The capital letter in English is a strong visual indicator that a new sentence is starting. In code I think the line break does that more than well enough, no need for the ;