Well , well, absolute and really factual intercourse. You are all as friendly as possible and I think this is like the Forums of 15 or 20 years ago.
Just one point to make, any AHJ can and is entitled to change or exclude any part of any NFPA code to suit their purpose, including changing or deleting parts of the NEC. An example is the NEC allowed the use of romex but sometime ago, the City of Los Angeles chose not to purmit it's use, after due consideration they changed their mind.
My point had to do mostly with semantics, and saying "the code required", it really is an advisory document, and a d--m good one.