I've heard you say, more than once, teaching religion to children is akin to child-abuse. I'm in agreement; however, having two young children who've had to deal with the death of their grandparents and some older relatives. I'll admit, that after their grandmother passed, I told my children that she was in heaven, as it seemed to ease their pain and the emotional sadness of her passing. As a father, an atheist and scientist, I often have conflicting opinions as to what I should tell my children about our mortality and that of their relatives. I want to tell them the truth, but the truth is, life is harsh and death is the end. What would you tell a young child about their recently deceased grandmother, and if you were to tell them that she is not in heaven, would you consider that less emotionally abusive to the child than lying to them?

I'll probably get modded down for this, but here goes...
People are trying hard to hang on to their old Win95 style workflow. Nothing wrong with that; however, for me, the old workflow with the start button and horizontal panels at the top and bottom of the screen worked better on the older 4:3 monitors. With today's 16:9 flat-panel displays being ubiquitous, having panels taking up vertical real-estate doesn't seem like such a great idea.

I personally like the way Unity and Gnome-Shell are doing things. Since today's flat panels have more horizontal real-estate, I'd prefer a DE that makes better use of it. This is what the panel in Unity and Gnome-Shell do. They get rid of the old top/bottom horizontal panel, and replace it with a vertical panel on the left. Sure, it can mess up people's work-flow, especially if they are used to the top/bottom panels from Gnome2, as I was; however, after using Gnome-Shell for a few months, I've re-worked my workflow, and actually feel more comfortable with the additional screen real estate afforded by ditching the old panels. Sure there are still issues. But I think people should try it out for themselves before complaining. Of course, it would have been nice for Gnome-Shell to at least give the option to users of having the old panel, even though, I now would never use such an option.