I remember when shooting film. I remember how doing it 'in camera' was key. Yes there was stuff you did in the darkroom, but more often than not it was hard to be scientific there-the cycle of developing, toning, fixing, washing, drying took so long. Having bokeh in the final image only came from your lens. Now though there are countless ways to add blur or defocus an image in post. I wonder why people still make a big deal out of bokeh. Developing an image and processing it is SOO MUCH FASTER. And the instant feedback lets me learn what works a lot faster. And I can do SOO MUCH MORE. But still, there are endless discussions about lens bokeh....
Is it just that people hate to sit in front of the computer and they just want it right in the raw? Or is there a subtle, unquantifiable subjective character that I am missing between bokeh and photoshop skill?