[@lady horatio] I can get behind this opinion. However, I think its use has much more to do with one's writing style than actual structure, comprehension, and flow. If you want it to flow a certain way, that's style, not the punctuation, necessarily. We choose which punctuation marks to use for a certain affect. If you want it to flow more than full-stop, then you use a semi-colon. If you want it to be it's own complete thought, you use the full-stop instead of the semi-colon. 

So, at the end, I believe it's all about personal choice and what style/feel you're attempting to accomplish. I, personally, prefer shorter sentences to longer ones as my own reading comprehension is lacking. I rely so much on punctuation to interpret the words, themselves, sometimes. So keeping thoughts short/concise helps me comprehend my own work as well as others. 

As for the Oxford Comma (good segue, by the way), I fu(king love that b!tch. She is my best friend. It goes with what I said above: I need the punctuation to clearly define the words for me. Lacking that comma just confuses me and I have to actively remember that that last item of the list is also part of the list and not an addition or clarification of the word/phrase immediately prior. 

So I will always use it when I can, without exception. But, as with the semi-colon, the Oxford Comma is almost entirely subjective and of personal taste. I just cringe a little when I see that it could have been used. But I'm just a dumb-dumb who needed to be in a special reading class in 3rd grade. xP