One rotten apple spoils them all.

Nice idea, but doomed to fail. It resembles somewhat of that Conservative club that has been established in the Backroom; it was supposed to serve as a place for conservatives to discuss issues among themselves without liberals charging in and attacking them all together. Now, who could keep the liberals out, or any other group for that matter, out of any “special” club? We have some share of resident trolls that will charge in, smack anyone with a club and grin with satisfaction.

What stands in the way of intellectual discourse in general are the people unable to remain cool and objective, tolerant and respective towards other people’s opinions and stances. So it’s back to colors and camps again. How annoying.

Oh, and gentlemen, this idea has nothing of “pseudo-intellectual” or “super-ego-masturbation” scent to it; it is a mere wish of one individual to have more productive and more sophisticated discussion. Considering some responses in this thread, I can see exactly what Pindar is missing.