[nostatic]

I closed the open letter thread. Sadly, it became an example of exactly what is wrong with this place (imho, and in the opinion of quite a few others). I also just closed the "50% believe in WMD.." thread. It had descended into a "liar liar pants on fire" debacle from both sides!

ENOUGH!

It has been requested by some people here who I consider moderate (interestingly, left and right) that a more proactive approach be taken. I am somewhat loathe to do that, but I will now not hesitate to close a thread that degenerates into a pissing contest or name calling. And "stupid ruthless neocons" and "lying fascist liberals" is name calling...even if *you* believe it to be redundant and the truth handed down from on high.

Let's get back to bikinis, weird photos, and other nonsense. If you want to talk politics or religion, fine but keep it civil. Be forewarned that the tolerance level for nasty tone/language on political and religious threads has been lowered. If you wouldn't say it to someone's face, maybe think twice about typing it here. And for god's sake, try to see the humor in things.

Carry on...