Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5880913-20121217041653/@comment-1038387-20140125010236

Nope. Nope. That debate is like World War I.

It starts when one idealistic nitwit does something stupid. Then everyone jumps in. Everyone calls up their friends to join in. People who want to stay out get either sucked in or accused of helping the other side. Those who stay in the middle get shot at from both sides.

The parties exchange pot shots, win a trench, lose a trench. Then someone brings in a big gun, and mustard gas, and think it's over. It just gets uglier.

In the end, neither side wins, both sides parade to their flocks to celebrate their victory, and the battleground is completely destroyed.

I've seen that debate destroy online communities. The only place on the web where you should have that discussion is on a board especially dedicated to it. Nowhere else.