I'm one of those agressive sorts, I guess. I feel it's inconsiderate of those not seated by the window to expect me to sacrifice my nice daylight for them. I'm shut up in an office, in front of a computer all day long under florescent lighting. So when I'm on a plane I want to relax with good book by REAL light, enjoy the view and daydream. Tough nouggies if my seat opponents don't get everything their way.
Exactly the attitude I was writing about. "Seat opponents" VOW! Thank God, they do not allow fire-arms aboard the plane.
I too sit in front of a computer all day long, in a cubicle, with the office lighting. That does not mean that everybody around me in an aircraft has to pay for the fact that I am not a BayWatch lifeguard who does not sit in an office all day long. Your insistence on keeping the shade up means that people around you *CANNOT* or are seriously hampered in doing other things they would like to do (work on a computer, watch a movie or sleep). On the other hand, you could still read your book with the overhead light. Sunshades and eyeshades may do for sleeping, but what about the people who want to work or watch the movie??