Force quitting InDesign as a Matter of Routine. Bad Practice?

I am trying to convince InDesign users here (CS4, CS5) that using Force Quit as a matter of routine for quitting out of InDesign at the end of the day is a bad practice. I think this started because when we were using K4 (enterprise InCopy/InDesign plug-ins), InDesign DID take a long time to quit because of communication to the K4 database and disconnecting.
I need some good evidence to convince everyone to quit out of InDesign normally. And also other programs they use. My argument is that when InDesign quits, it updates its preferences and perhaps may even clean something up. Anyone know?

I work on local files only, and I still have to either leave my desk for 10 minutes after I try to quit then shut down, or force quit and shut down. I do work on some large files though (50-100 meg catalogs) with lots of photos linked in. I guess it takes forever to clear all the cached memory or something. If I try to do a shutdown with InDesign open. I always get a time out error. Also when I go back to InDesign after working in Photoshop, FreeHand, Entourage or FireFox it takes a long time to redraw the InDesign screen and menus.
I also have a couple of indexing scripts, but don't run them often. Don't see how that would affect anything.
I read a post somewhere that you could change the "Live Screen Redraw" setting to help with the slowness, but I cannot find that setting in CS3. It may only be in later versions.
Thanks,
BJ
iMac 2.1 GHz PowerPC G5
Mac OS 10.4.11
1 GB DDR2 SDRAM (that's wierd, I thought I had 2 GB)

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