Pretty close...the guys at the coffee shop, usually wise with age, and steeped in experience, might not always agree, but they have to be polite, tolerant, and listen to one another because they'll be back tomorrow. And there's only so many chairs at the table. If one started pounding on the table, calling the others names, jumping up on a soapbox, and declaring himself King of the Cafe, he'd be thrown out on his head by the others. Here, you aren't face to face, so the civility of the coffee shop, unfortunately, doesn't always shine through. Disagreeing, without being disagreeable, is what gets you a good seat at the table.