The system has this to say about comments
Use comments to ask for more information or suggest improvements. Avoid answering questions in comments.
Your comment is not asking for more information or suggesting improvements - it's not a comment.
Your answer should be undeleted and the comment made from it removed.
Normal voting should determine it's value to the community. That is the correct tool for this job.
I fail to see how wanting to downvote a bad answer demonstrates greatly-lowered standards.
I'm sorry that your previous statements got in the way of a good argument but facts and all.