As has been said, this is Phil and Frazier's forum. They get to decide what gets discussed and how. This new policy will not send me running.

However, I did enjoy the non-astronomy CT threads... mostly. The discussions were - for the most part - reasonably well conducted; there were none of the name callings, threats, political implications that make other fora just not worth visiting.

Phantomwolf, Gillian and others make some good points. As for BigDon's concerns, no one can force you to post. I know I have written and deleted many replies, and in some cases, not even gone that far, rather than post something I shouldn't.

Novaderrik brings up a good suggestion. If the 9/11-type topics are to abandoned, why not create a new forum - locked for replies but open to read - just for them? Post the explanation given as the OP for this thread so folks know why the discussion is closed on them.

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