Geoff, I don't see you as a prescriptivist. You seem quite open to others' views, at least here on WC. I see prescriptivists as quite one-sided - "It's my way or the highway!" There are things I, or others here, am a prescriptivist about, but I can tolerate the other side. I know, for example, that Shu cannot stand the misuse of "lie" vs. "lay," but he isn't a jerk about it. Prescriptivists are jerks about their perception of errors. I am a stickler about "few" vs. "less." But I know that both are accepted.
I wanted to send it to our editors, but thought better of it...