Purpose of the Forum

This is an open forum that is gently moderated. You can use it to write eßsays. You will likely get feedback, whether it is helpful feedback or not is a matter of luck and subjective judgment.

There is a range of strongly held political opinions here. If you say something political, you will likely upset some of us and please the rest of us.


You can't sell things here. And threats and some blatant attacks are deleted by our overworked and underappreciated moderators.

Other than that, you can use this place for whatever you like.

I only ask that you be interesting... I like to be amused.

So typical of you to set rules for others you never follow yourself.

You say you don't find me to be interesting.... and yet you follow me around from thread to thread to respond to my posts.

What you do for me is sweet, really. Don't think I don't appreciate you.

Don’t be ridiculous. I haven’t spoken to you for days.

I see....

Thanks for the answers everyone. I think it was Bronowski who said, "Diversity is the breath of life. Don't abandon it for any single form that catches your fancy." But there is a rub--differences of opinions frequently polarize discussions into completely opposite, mutually exclusive positions. Something of value, however, almost always emerges from the exchange. I'll try to offer something of value, if not amusing.

Welcome Que...

I am curious, do you speak Spanish (I only ask because of your username)?

Took Spanish in high school but sure couldn't say I speak it all these years later. I'm Que because qwerty was already taken by someone else. I chose qwertyportne for my email address because I'm a writer: 1) Qwerty is the first five letters in the upper left corner of a keyboard, and 2) Yportne, the opposite of entropy, is what writing does for me. A bit odd, I suppose, but there it is. Cheers!