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Let me reiterate and add to what Michael Nelson has said. The Web is full
of forums on nearly any conceivable topic you can think of. If you want to
discuss subjects unrelated to this site, go to the appropriate site and
discuss them there. This site's comment areas are for discussions of
Chess variants and for comments specific to the contents of individual
pages. It is not for general discussion of any and every topic.

Let me add that some forums on the web have become cesspools of trolling,
baiting, flaming, and other nonsense. This site is an oasis of reasonable,
peaceful discussion, and that is mainly because we limit our discussions
to Chess variants and closely related subjects. If we started discussing
controversial subjects here, this site could turn into a place of
factions, fighting, and hostility. But that's not what this site is
about. It is about bringing together people who share a common interest in
a mutual spirit of good will and friendship. Let's keep it that way.

With that said, I'll add that there is nothing wrong, per se, with
discussing controversial subjects. If you want to discuss such issues,
feel free to go to a forum where they are being discussed. My main concern
is that doing it here would get in the way of what this site is really all
about. The ozone layer and Walmart may not seem like such controversial
subjects, but inviting discussion of them here would open the door to even
more controversial subjects.