Is the (Shadow)Priest the better Mage in WOW?

[Skandranon]

In a run away trash mob (non-elite, say bugs or skeletons), mages may death of a thousand cuts at will (or four IAE's). You have the option of running aoe, leading toward or away from healers, whereas warlocks stand their ground and await playing staring games with death.

Okay, this section tells me that you haven't read or understood any of what I've been saying, and I don't have any desire to keep going round and round on this. I've already listed counter-arguments to these statements multiple times. Go look them up.

Tell you what. I'll start a warlock, and I'll play primary AoE. I will play to level 60 and take notes. If, in that experience, I find that I can run primary AoE adequately and without significant detriment from the way I do it as a mage, will you accept that warlock AoE might just not be as bad as you claim it is?

Play alliance, no way. I hate paladins and their cheap cleanse. KoS Pallies!.

Right. And I thought I was dealing with someone rational. I'm done.