Poet, thank you for your thoughtful reply. I was hoping some others might respond, as well. I guess no one is feeling philosophical this morning. It's still morning as I start this response, but it may be evening before I get through all your points...
I just had a PM from YYB, who looked in on the thread last night and was pretty disgusted with what the thread has become.
She has stopped by a couple of times and expressed that, leaving a trail of debris behind her. <g> I am always deferential to her when we see her because she did start the thread, and to you, as well, because you were party to it.
It's morphed into something very different, and, in my opinion, darker.
There is a lot of water over the dam or under the bridge since this thread was started. We are over twenty thousand posts, now. I would call that a success. We have, indeed, evolved from the original premise, but that doesn't mean the thread is worse, just different. It may no longer suit its original purpose.
I have been here for every single post (although I admit I don't read all the long ones full of scripture). I do not see this darkness you speak of. I do, however, see why YYB finds it boring, which was her chief complaint, as I recall, on her last visit. It seems to me that YYB likes a good scrap and that you do, too. We try to avoid that sort of thing. I admit that folks around here can be easily provoked to a fight, but I think that decorum is the default tenor. I find sunshine in that, not darkness. If you just visit every once in a while, you might easily miss the sunshine.
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