I used to think the topics should be limited to chip related subjects but have heard all too often the "this is a no holes barred open forum..." message and I accept it. Much more non-chip related threads have been less controversial than controversial, but it’s always the controversial issues that seem to draw the complaints as well as the LARGE number of contributory posts. If we truly did not want to see these types of posts why do we look? FACT: These threads run longer and get many more hits than many chipping threads, so SOMEBODY is looking. We are human and we are passionate about our feelings and therefore vocal, that’s probably a good thing. Others in the world wish they could. We the chippers here reflect our society in our varied viewpoints. AS a whole our group seems to be the nicest most generous giving collection of people whom I am proud to be associated with yet, I am often amazed at the extreme right or left some of the views can go, but maybe that has a 'stabilizing' effect for the aggregate, and that too may be a good thing. With exception of all you SOB’s that are WRONG and don’t see things correctly, the way I DO!!!