At times, this may be pointless monotiny, but in my mind, this is a form of town hall democracy (those who express views from the right and those from the left and those who have the courage to admit that they haven't made up their minds and are seeking answers). I'm not sure that this is what Jefferson had in mind of democracy when he drafted the constitution, but it has its place in allowing an interactive expression of views.

TK, I'm not sure how you know that no one will be impacted by what is said here. Actually, I think its quite possible that people are influenced by what they read and write here, if nothing more to better understand their own positions.

I was just looking at fins-n-feathers and there was a guy posting from Ireland on catching fish in the salt with a flyrod. How cool!