Scrapdog,

A major component of building common ground is trying to understand where someone else is coming from. By any chance were you hired 2006 or 2007? If so, it goes a long way to help me understand why you are so intense about this issue. Truthfully, if the situation was reversed, I imagine I might feel exactly the same way and I don't blame you one bit. The question is, are you able to put yourself in someone else's shoes so you can understand the other side of the coin? Agreement is not required, but without understanding, there can be no common ground.