Agreed, but then again it's a matter of perspective as the points are still being protected from the high voltage. I'll quote from the same linked source again.
The collapsing magnetic field not only collapses through the secondary coil, but also through the primary coil. The collapsing field induces a few hundred volts in the primary coil. These electrons have to go somewhere, they are just trying to get to ground by the easiest means possible. If they were allowed to jump across the points, they would burn them out in as little as 100miles. They see the condenser as an easy way to ground but what it really does is store them for a fraction of a second. Meanwhile the points have opened far enough that the 300 volts or so, can't jump across them.
