its the same thing when a non CPA talks about tax. its most always cringeworthy.
I always get a kick out of news correspondents and members of congress talking about how the gay couples "will be allowed to file MFJ in 2013 on their federal return even if their state bans gay marriage" like that's a good thing for them.
i'm sitting there thinking, "wow, they are being given the right to pay more tax to the federal government." "Um...yay?"