Spelling...

"Spelling is a huge part of understanding the world around us. When a child spells the way Miss Bell suggests, they will eventually have a much harder time understanding classic literature and poetry, understanding classes in university, and will lose part of the poetic ability to understand and describe the world around them. English is full of double meanings, which is what makes poetry and classic literature, and even English humour the way they are. If we change the way we spell words, we are in a word "dumbing-down" the general english speaking community. We would effectively lose the beauty and clarity of the language."

This is the comment I placed on the page linked above, what do you think? Is spelling really all that necessary?