Originally Posted by tore

This thread is a good reminder of the futility of discussing things on MB.

Anyone could raise a valid point, or several of them, in a post, but they won't necessarily be the focus of future discussion. Instead, semantics probably will and so will misunderstandings, irrelevant jokery or perhaps unbased accusations from people claiming to somehow feel attacked (particularly with people like Hermione / CrazyVegn about). It's like everyone wants to control the discussion somehow (by derailing, nitpicking, attacking, performing) rather than contribute in any significant way.