I'll make this my last reply too then
No amount of discussion will persuade anyone to change their opinions
That is a quote from a too proud and stubborn man. I use to be VERY anti-crossbow until challenged to prove WHY I was. I use to be pro-choice, I use to believe a LOT of things I do not believe now.
Why did I change ? Because instead of being hard headed and unchanging, I took the harder path and actually THOUGHT about what I believed, how I believed and the hardest part - WHY I believed.
Concerning crossbows - everything negative I can think of about them- and they are many things negative about them - I can also applying directly to compounds. if I am anti-crossbow, so would i have to be anti-compound. There are no seperate roads there - they travel the same paths.
If you don't understand that, if you don't see that, you need only look at the states that are waking up, the tides of changes of peoples attitudes towards crossbows, and the growth or popularity with them. you are in the growing minority - and that is a fact, and until you can give an honest reason WHY you are in that minority, then the statement
No amount of discussion will persuade anyone to change their opinions
Does apply to you and probably not only to crossbows. Food for thought - ya'll have a great Christmas, this has been another good crossbows thread.