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I rather take great enjoyment out of debating. The topic is rather irrelevant, as it is very easily fun for me to debate ethics as is to moral philosophy as it is to religeous ethics as is to current events as is to modern political theory to modern politics in general. Debate is designed to reach inquiry through one's own ability to probe the opponent's defenses and see the depths which an arguement holds. For me the intrigue is more designed for the process which one can or cannot defend with, not so much the material. I've debated topics in which I had no belief in, partially due to being forced, but also took enjoyment knowing that my logical processes were not diluted with personal objections.

Just because one person doesn't find something "fun", doesn't mean we start applicating it to the entire guild. Afterall, I don't find sexual innuendo fun most of the time, nor babbling about gaian noobs and the poor economic systems of this online forum, but should we simply move those away too? If it is simply a case of it not "being fun" as a reason to not make it, then should we consider people who constantly talk about nothing but the Clone Wars exunt from the guild as well, due to the constant nerve wracking effect it has on specific peoples? Or how about other heated "extended discussion" topics, such as ethics? Morality? "Culture"? even love? Those have nothing to do with star wars directly (no more than religeon or politics), yet can we debate those with impudence? Extreme examples, yes, but very plyable to the situation.

Perhaps I'm defending too heavily for such a simple thread like this, and to which I apologize if we're straying off a bit. If this post has no response to it, I will not mind it becoming more as rhetorical thought than as a necessary avoidance to the problem. But I'm not going to persue the issue farther, mostly because I don't really see that much discussion going towards religeon or politics in comparison to SW anyway. The cantina's mostly just gossip of what people are doing at that time, and the few times things break out in rather heated fights are usually not caused by the topic, but rather two (or more) people being an a** about it. Crap... I started it again... I guess that proves my rather annoying obsession with debating...

Then you can simply stay out of that sub-forum if you have no interest in things besides Nelo and Star Wars, hell, go ahead and make a Nelo thread if you so want to.

All I really want is an area dedicated to the discussion of other topics in length. The creation of forums would be just the same as it is everywhere, requiring it to be looked over by a moderator and approved, then it may be posted. Though also maintained so that the forum does not grow too big, as to say, two pages.

As to the point of debates, heres an idea. Every once in a while, we can take an issue, and make a debate thread about it, sort of an intellectuals event.

The idea I had for the new subforum was a bit like an 'Extended Discussion' version of the Cantina, and also a place to host non-Star Wars related role plays.

If even as an experiment, I think it'd be worth a try. We have more than enough gold to get another subforum, all we need are volunteers to host the project.

Theres two conversations going at once. Its quite easy to follow if you take Nelo off your mind for a moment.

It doesn't need one....

And Development is always relavent.

....Fine, I'll move it.