Bang on - and thanks for the balanced response and beautifully pointing out the other side of the argument. That's the whole point of putting out one side of a story, that it invokes debate and healthy discussion and you've very nicely put that all together. I 100% agree with your side of the argument, and in that I agree that most people are justified in their decisions because they have their own reasons to take them. There are however, underlying observations and trends which I pointed out, and you pointed out from the other side. Both with their merits.

I used to love to put an article together with "both sides of the coin" but "balanced" stories on the internet never invoke enough reaction - so I try to do one side at a time.

How boring would good old verbal debates be if "for the motion" and "against the motion" were presented by the same person, eh? :) thank you again for adding value here!