I neither participate in nor closely follow much of the politcal discussion, but I think that the banning of topics is a slippery slope that should be devoutly avoided. What's the point of "closing" an "open discussion"?

If I don't like the content, then I'm free to ignore it. I'm also free, by and large, to help create some content I do like by starting and/or participating in other threads. Though I don't think we'd see a lot of heated debate in a thread, say, about the really cool wind chimes that I made for my wife...


-- eskimo