I’m 17 Northern European, 172cm tall and 78KG (Roughly 5’7/8 175lbs in American terms I believe) and despite this whole bleeding hearts story taller bodybuilders propose about how much ‘harder’ they have to work in the Gym to see the same effect as a smaller man, whilst still at the same time maintaining that – most of them- are naturally stronger when they start.

This is crap. Like you mention in this piece, there are many different body types, not just short & tall. And strength is also determined by genetics, like your ability to gain muscle. Theoretically, yes it would be harder for the taller of two people, identical in genetics save their height to build muscle due to their ‘larger’ frame. However this does not mean that the shorter bloke has an easy time of it, he will still have to work hard to get to where he wants to be or he simply just won’t get there. Taller BB’s have to work >longer< not harder to get where the want to be, and although you touched on this, I don't think you were fair about it.

At the end of the day, a Short BB & Tall BB will both "Stand out from the crowd" but if one BB is your height, and the taller one will probably look more 'Imposing' even if the Shorter man is technically heavier than the other.

In otherwards, height has it's advantages and disadvantages but isn't as black & white as this article makes it out to be. Genetics is always the most important part of BB, and thee is more to it than just height & wingspan etc.