Yes, it is. And it wasn't meant as criticism, I think.
The pointers to past discussions are helpful if there was a real discussion then.
I strongly dislike all those "but look, it has been submitted before (but nobody ever commented)", because it adds absolutely nothing, but in this case it's different.
From the FAQ
> If a story has had significant attention in the last year or so, we kill reposts as duplicates.
So having more than a year passed I guess this is ok?