Re: [pointerevents] Clarify that pointer event listeners are passive by default (#360)

Idea of passive event listeners is defined [here](https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#dictdef-eventlisteneroptions) in the DOM Standard.

I think the best statement in that [other discussion you linked](https://github.com/w3c/pointerevents/issues/359#issuecomment-819828218) would have been "pointerevent listeners are _always_ passive".  This is because (to guarantee browser responsiveness) a script can never `preventDefault` the browser behavior in response to a PointerEvent; the script has to declare a `touch-action` region instead.

Perhaps the `touch-action` intro section deserve a link to the spec?  Not sure though.


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