Re: Dumb move
>> It's plain out nonsense that a website which doesn't ask for any user input would be more secure if it uses HTTPS vs. HTTP.
No it's not nonsense at all. A website that doesn't use HTTPS can have its pages, as displayed in the browser, modified in any way by simple MITM efforts. That's trivial to do and therefore it is most certainly less secure than if it used HTTP.
(NOTE: That's not to say it IS secure if it uses HTTPS just that it's more secure as there are less attack vectors).