Reply #30: I submit that if you let other peoples "feelings" dictate...

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or even influence your choice of potentially life-saving tools, you may be using the wrong criteria.

The only primary criteria should be strict functionality. If that means your neighbors irrational nueroses are aroused... to bad for your neighbor. If you are chosing between two items that are equally functional and fitting to YOU, then asthetics may come into play.