with all due respect, at this point in the game this conversation is just ridiculous.
there are hundreds of posts on this very forum explaining how LAUGHABLY easy it is to root your phone and enjoy all of these wonderful features you can't otherwise enjoy. despite all of the language that may lead you to think otherwise, my experience has been that rooting your phone is very easy, and incredibly low risk. as one poster mentioned, RSD Lite seems to be a pretty good safety net. it would seem there is very little you can do to PERMANENTLY brick your phone, and even those are things you would do AFTER rooting, no so much DURING the rooting process.
if all of the posts, step by step how-to's, and stories haven't convinced you yet, then you aren't going to be convinced. i have ONE friend who has still yet to root his phone, but he is just plain happy with his phone the way it is -- some of us like to tinker, some don't. even that friend is considering rooting now that we have a fully functioning 2.2 rom.