I'll just preface this by saying thanks for taking the time to respond to me on this. I'll also take the time to reiterate that I'm not attempting (or even attempting to imply) any disrespect to anyone at all. Most certainly not to DocJohn. I was just trying to have a discussion on the topic that this thread began with...

>I think the responding members have developed their own opinion on this

Yeah. Seems that they are in agreement with DocJohn and are thus attempting to get the discussion to stop.

> Just because someone chose to *accept* a response and go with it (while in agreement or not), does not mean to say that they don't have their own opinion, but possibly are picking their battles for the moment.

Though of course wanting to continue the discussion doesn't entail that I don't accept DocJohn's response. I do accept his response. That is fine. I wanted to continue the discussion to hear what other people thought though. Also (and more importantly) to consider the REASONS people have for their opinions. Whether they agree or not. Also... I'm not meaning to pick a battle. I'm not attempting to have a battle. I'm not attempting to change his mind. I'm not attempting to change anyones mind. Though I am of course open to the possibility (indeed probability) that minds do tend to change over the course of dialogue. Maybe my mind even. All I was attempting to do was to continue the discussion.

If people don't want to discuss it they can stop reading / posting to the thread. I just don't understand why people post in the attempt to get other people to stop reading / posting to the thread. Why can't people just leave it if that is what they want and leave other people to continue to post to it / discuss it if that is what other people want? I don't really understand that...