Well done. When you started your comparison to pro-choice/pro-life, I thought Oh, NO! It is a very polarized topic that I try to avoid at all costs. But you made it all make sense BOTH for the pro-choice/pro-life issue AND for the Lightning Network "issue". You can actually follow this analogy to the human conception, birth, aging onto the Lightning Network. As the Network ages (grows more nodes) it will require more and more channels that could be more and more difficult to establish by individuals (at least that's the fear of some). Makes me think of the breakdown of the immune system (as well as other body systems) as humans age. The answer by some is that established (centralized) organizations will manage these channels for the Lightning Network. Just as a holistic (sort of a form of centralized) approach of building up body systems eases the aging of the human body instead of just managing symptoms as they arise. But at some point the aging process will end in death. Following this analogy then, I would hope that the eventual "death" of Lightning Network would mean that a decentralized method/technology develops so that there will never be a need for a trusted organization.