They say a picture is worth 1,000 words, so maybe it will be faster for us to debate with pictures? 
Here's Rascal's stance on crates:
"Well, mom, my crate's downstairs, but this is kind of like a crate, can I sleep here?"

Okay, your turn - what do your dogs think about crates? (In pictures, and only pics of your dogs, no googled pics, please :))