Infinitive Split

Where do you stand on split infinitives? Do you feel that a rule is a rule, and no matter how awkward or unpleasant a construction appears, the infinitive must remain unsplit? Or are you of the opinion that it doesn’t make much of a difference anyway since of all the things to worry about in the grim slog through boredom and despair that is the pitiful excuse for human existence the question of where a modifier gets placed is perhaps the least important? Tell us in the comments!