I'm interested in all this from a more philosophical standpoint. Like I said earlier. If it gets to the point I don't like it anymore, I'll just leave :^)
I guess that's what I was trying to say. Nobody is forcing us to post here.
Some mod or hacker with a vendetta friggin' deleted my entire account back in 2006, post history and all. I was pretty pissed because like 7 - 8 years of posts disappeared into the ether, including my posts from NYC on 9/11 which are the only ones I really would have liked to retain for the history aspect.
I look back now and consider life in general and the happenings on a forum don't weigh in much. It's a fun diversion from boredom and source of good conversation though.