Originally Posted by franscar

Simple idea.

Make a political thread and see what happens. It gets five replies and descends into a slanging match, then there's really little point it having its own forum, but if it gets three pages of thought provoking, challenging replies, then it gives you much more evidence to present the moderators with than a thread like this.

But from your "rebuttle" to perfection... I'd be willing to wager that you'll have trouble keeping your replies free of personal insults.