I'm admittedly not the sharpest surgeon in the rocket factory, but I think it's up to the proponents of a proposal to advocate their position cohesively and honestly. Paul seems desperate and mean. I feel bad for him, but the BIPs are old at this point, and everyone is working on something else, having dismissed Drivechains some time ago. 

I'm not inherently against merged mining, and I don't think Drivechains are a horrible idea, but I'm 100% sure if you create a new way to make money from Bitcoin, it will be exploited and turn into a shit show. All I want is Bitcoin to scale.  Maybe I lack the imagination to see how drivechains scale Bitcoin, but I wouldn't personally approve or use a drive chain as I understand them. I'm open to having my mind changed.