No, it is not pointless to say other things are more important. An order of importance is how you prioritize things.

You're asserting that it is critical. Why is code change speed critical?

What is your analogy getting it? It does not map to my argument evidently.

You're asserting it is slow code that has evolved our development process. Why? It used to be correctness and appropriateness. How is it suddenly speed?

Bottleneck for what?