*grin* I gathered that...
Ya know, this forum is still a pretty darn good resource, even if one of us ends up with a version that's different than what we'd prefer. I guess I can wade through the vanities if you can put up with Britney Spears and Bush-bashing getting the same prominence as daily threads. (At least until FR gets through its growing pains.) It would be a shame to deprive everyone of our sheer brilliance. ;-)
Some days, when I want news, I have to ignore posts on drugs (always so edifying), posts about how Bush has sold out, caved, is a socialist, etc.
To my mind, these are just as bad, if not worse than the cheese threads. They are long-running arguments filled with vitriol. I choose to ignore them.
So why should I give money to be segregated away from news (speaking of ATRW here) and yet these people will put their commentary in the news forum? (And you KNOW they will.)