For me it all boils down to what you were told. Were you told that your engine is a inteference engine and the chances of your engine escaping damage were slim? or were you told that your engine is not a inteference engine but there was still a chance that your engines valves could be damaged and the damage would be so hard to determine that the belt would need to be re-installed for a routine compression check,not a compression check performed with the belt off? What were you told?