i think digital and film both have their strong points, and it is up to the photographer to pick how they're going to edit the pictures they take...
me personally when i take my pictures i try to capture the best available composition that i want...and in the darkroom i don't burn/dudge much, nor do i crop my pics....i think in a modern time to totally dismiss digital photography is stupid, it makes things so much easier, which is why you have a whole bunch of people who cop a digi cam and then think they're photographers just because they have a high tech gadget