I prefer the hand method. I did finally purchase a RC but still sit and cut by hand with scissors at night sometimes. Although I did make the one quilt by machine, I did not feel the same about it as all the blocks I am doing by hand to repair a vintage quilt.
I recognize that each person has a personal preferences and as long as we acknowledge that and don't think the new methods are the only way, then it is okay. My daughter went into a local quilt shop while traveling. She wants to make a quilt out of her Dad's shirts and she wants to do it by hand. The women at the LQS told her they were smarter than that.