If you present a code with ten dots, he will probably say it is bad code. But he won't invoke law of demeter. That's the point I think.

Is like invoking SRP. Fuck that. When you are experienced, you develop a sense on delineating responsabilities in a way that fits your application.

I am not David of course, but I have participated in some discussions with him, and we think very much alike on these topics, I think what I say above is right.

Going to switch to myself now: When people invoke SRP a priori they sometimes end up with one class == one method in a theoretical a priori way.

I don't think that works. It goes in the reverse direction. SRP is inferred, it emerges, it is not applied as if it was a logical proposition.