Originally posted by the Bear:
and fudgy lays the smackdown on the group members

yeah.. sometimes, gotta get that way..
sometimes, i hate group projects

Same here. Differences in opinion are to be expected in any group work, but it gets really sucky when each thinks that his opinion is the best.
As for the said term paper, I can understand their concerns about how it won't be the best of all papers. But as I've explained to them, you can't always strive for perfection; you can only approximate it.
It gets extremely frustrating when they keep nit-picking the essay's flaws which can't be corrected without a near-total makeover. And with the deadline on this coming Wednesday (on top of another major project deadline and exams coming soon), we can't afford the time.
I've already done my utmost best to edit the essay. As it is it was already pretty hard on me to chop the essay down from a 4600-word epic to a 3100 word summary, proofreading for grammatical errors, getting the referencing right... you get the point.
If they want to do any extreme makeovers, then they had better do it themselves.
I know I'm sounding pretty harsh... but sometimes, you just gotta put away the carrot and use the stick.