"But headers are perfectly fine to deal with and have been for decades and decades!"
I would have thought this was a joke... but your follow-up indicates otherwise.
So what are you going to float next? "So what if people broke their arms hand-cranking their cars to start them! People did it for years, so we shouldn't move to electric starters! Or automatic chokes!"
"And these electric ice boxes are for the birds! Speaking of which: People flying through the air in machines? POPPYCOCK!"