Glad we got all cleared up. I also have to confess to a peculiar character trait that comes with having spent several years as a newspaper reporter. (I was a journalist in the Army 1992-97 and reporter for a large chain of small weeklies in south Florida for three years before that.)
Two edicts in any newsroom were "NEVER one-source a story" and "Always get a second opinion." That makes journalists (or in my case, an ex journalist) the sort of individuals who can whole-heartedly agree with you on a subject -- and then confront you with a conflicting opinion anyway, just to see where the discussion goes. It can be an annoying trait, and I'm afraid it stuck with me. A friend of mine saw me doing that in a discussion at a local watering hole one night and shook his head and commented "Now I know why you don't have a girlfriend." LMFAO.
Again, thanks for all the info -- and the various points of view!