Re: CSS aims

Personally, I would question the goal of complete decoupling itself. Too
often we get consumed with conceptual purity to the detriment of actual
usefulness. Instead of focusing on that conceptual purity, the better focus
is looking at what we actually need to do, and coming up with the best way
to help us do that.

In the case of this specific issue, I actually don't have much objection
even to inline styles<http://ambroselittle.svbtle.com/on-challenging-principles-and-best-practices>,
much less other forms of coupling. And it is pretty much for the reason
you're driving at--unnecessary complexity/bloat.