One of the best features of the Christian discussion site Ship of Fools is that it has a place called Hell. It's where the old, interminable arguments can go. The distinctive characteristic of these arguments, some of which are listed in my five boring questions, is that they are like the Grateful Dead: most people can very quickly have enough of them: the people who care can never get enough.
Now, as an unregenerate deadhead myself I have no business poking fun at people who still want to argue whether a belief in God is rational. But as the editor of this site, I would like it if discussions occasionally wandered onto different topics.
I have no wish to stop people like peitha and JonathanWest from debating; in fact I think that they might actually be getting somewhere beyond point scoring. But at the same time, if all the threads fill up with the same arguments, there won't be room for any others. So being able to move all that kind of thing into Hell would be a real advantage. Or should I call it "Under the Bridge." in the hope that all the trolls will feel at home there?
What do you all think? Is it worth trying to tweak the software to make this possible?
