Sorry, my point -- badly explained -- was is that we don't dictate topics on the forums here; members do by what they post. We have very few content restrictions in our community guidelines, and that's on purpose. Most topics are okay and appropriate to discuss on the forums, as long as it is done respectfully (and is relevant to either that forum, or the thread that one is posting to).

The fact that we are not a debate community is addressed in our community guidelines: "These forums are primarily for mutual emotional support and information sharing" and "This is, first and foremost, a self-help support community. That means if your message (post or PM) isn't about offering support to another person or asking for it, it's potentially not appropriate for our community." Too many places online are about arguing the finer points on a topic and we are not such a place (with the exception of the News and Current Events forum, which we grapple with on a near daily basis).

Best,
DocJohn