...and I'll think less of you for having that opinion. A lot of people will just stop talking to you if you choose to behave that way. It's hard enough to commu

...and I'll think less of you for having that opinion. A lot of people will just stop talking to you if you choose to behave that way. It's hard enough to communicate with a listener who is trying to understand what you're saying. If the listener would rather get hung up on rules which have no basis except in collective usage than listen, I simply can't be arsed to talk to them most of the time. Also, analogies provide explanation, not proof. You've not provided any justification for your opinion with your map analogy, you've just over-explained your opinion which everyone already understood.