My 2¢

[Your Mother]

There is a huge downside lurking even beyond the reasonable critiques already made. The posts this week would have had Obama v Blah v MidEast v Israel v Iran v Godwin.

There are plenty monks here with whom I would have violent and probably acrimonious disagreements if we opened the gates to politics, philosophy, etc. And since I have a low tolerance for that, even being on the sidelines, I'd just leave. While the topics remain Perl(ish) I can respect and even admire these same persons. It's quite stabilizing. I don't visit other forums for pretty much this reason. They don't specialize enough and the signal to noise on almost all I've seen or tired is not good enough. Viva la PM!

[SilasTheMonk]

Absolutely agree with Your Mother on the virtues of a politics free zone, but since you brought the subject up, I really think you ought to agree that......... edited by the abbot

[Argel]

While that is definitely a risk, just the thought of reading a lively debate between BrowserUK and some other [poor] individual has me drooling for movie style popcorn!! :-)

[Gavin]

Couldn't agree more++ Argel

BrowserUk's discussions with other members of the community have made for very interesting reading and at times amusement, long may they continue!

Good discussions between very intelligent people (for the most part) who hold differing views is to be applauded, all can learn from it.

Why should that discussion be limited to just Perl, when those said same people have a wealth of knowledge on other subjects to impart.

Given the option of a "Water Cooler" you could choose to subscribe to that section or not.