[blondee123]

Well said, I come here for discussion of the war and sometimes others views to help me understand. It's hard wading thru all the lite & airy posts, I agree, please keep to topic!

[SoldiersGirl]

Today did veer quite a bit..
One hand...I like the off topic humor...
Other hand....sometimes it might be a wee bit bawdy, and any offense to that is understandable.

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

Well said, I come here for discussion of the war and sometimes others views to help me understand. It's hard wading thru all the lite & airy posts, I agree, please keep to topic!

Maybe a good enhancement of the posting process would allow for a 'post category'. It could be a radio button or pulldown list, with such things as 'off-topic', 'humor', 'ping', 'bump', 'image-intensive', and the like. That would then allow the user to filter a given thread to exclude one or more categories. The default entry would be 'on-topic post'.

Maybe it's overkill, but it might help cut down on the complaint/justification cycle that bogs down threads every now and then.