I agree and second that. One of the great things about a board like this is the ability to speak with fellow kinksters on different sides of the political spectrum about the primary topic we are supposed to be discussing; kink. Not allowing politics to poison the discussion has the effect of uniting us as kinky folk and fellow countrymen instead of dividing us. Once we start having political arguments and everyone settles into their respective foxholes and starts supporting their political positions, the divisions take center stage and the unity goes right out the window. I agree that the politics and discussion section on Max was a complete disaster. Did it help keep politics out of the lobby? Perhaps. Nevertheless, I stayed away. Far away.