Concur with your assessment, ERflyer. Each of us reach our decisions on issues based on our personal priorities and preferences. Each of us has an ego that needs to feel it's respected.

I think most of us understand that our colleagues can reach a different decision and remain a good person. Some of us can't.

80 and Scoop have done a good job of herding the cats on this section. The few fanatics ["Can't change their mind...and won't change the subject"] here are known, so their ability to influence is negligible.