That should be an easy question to answer. The second part is anyway.
No. I'm not arguing because I'm a control freak.
Why am I spending time arguing the toss with a bunch of people who have no interest in listening, or in changing their beliefs? Fucked if I know myself sometimes. It does get depressing when confronted with cynicism and apathy all the time, but I think the alternative to trying is to not try. To me that's worse. Does that make sense?
Edit: I will try to answer you more fully tomorrow evening. For now I'm off to bed. Up at half six tomorrow for my wife's graduation ceremony. A proud day for us :)