We're going over the edge?

[Geoffrey S]

It's generally fairly civil, and certainly informative to me. I just dislike it when debates turn to the minutae or posts repeat themselves a little way down the line; wordgames are inherently boring, at least to me. But mostly people make at least some effort here to stay polite and try to understand each other, certainly more than in some forums I've visited.

Oh, topics seem to be limited to certain subjects, which tend to devolve to a common point. That's boring, and gets people fed up of explaining their views very early on in repeating topics which is usually when things get insulting. So, be original people!