I also feel like I've been relatively objective in my OP. I tried to make it clear that I have no dog in this fight and that I see both sides of the issue -- Perhaps I failed in that.

I apologize for offending anyone. That was not my intention and I clearly posted this thread in the wrong forum. I should have been cognizant of the fact that posting this particular thread in the RL OC section was insinuating things I really honestly did not intend.

Sorry about that, guys. I hate seeing threads that I start devolve into flame wars. I hope I've been here long enough to show that I'm not a malicious troll intent on riling up the locals.