Tribesman was a troll and completely intolerant of the opinions of others. If you had an opinion opposed to his own he took it as a personal attack and preceded to flame you so that no real discussion could take place. When he was around things were 'exciting' because there was lots of trolling, flaming, and fighting. Unfortunately, he would discourage any real debate, and instead just troll and flame everyone else away.
If you ask me, it is a good thing that he is gone.
You wonder why there is little discussion? It is a combination of two things. First of all, those with contraversial opinions (which are the big conversation starters) are discouraged from posting. When everyone agrees, there is no debate. Second of all, most of the more mature, adult members who used to post real debate or interesting topics in the FR are too busy, have left, or have just given up posting because of people like Tribes. It is a dilema caused both by the members and the moderation. Hate me all you want for saying it.