GW = debate hell. there's always a majority, and then one or two people who see it differently. the majority insults them, and the topic gets locked.
the people of GW are all pretty decent, intelligent people though, which is really cool.
No, it's actually mostly the same as with any other forum. That is, some people (with a minority viewpoint) can apparently not defend themselves and end up complaining about being treated unfairly.
I had to reply to you because this place is actually better than any other place I know as far as (political) debates go. The discussion here is often very deep and refined, and we mostly owe that to a few very active members. You should really see some of the longer topics we've had here and you'll get what I mean. I do agree that topics get locked too quickly these days, though. I used to deliberately let them continue even if things became a little personal.
