Why even have an ideology? Maybe I'm exposing my political naivete, but couldn't they just run the place as an agnostic Star Wars discussion site? I mean, I can go on TrekWeb and tell the appropriate forum that Voyager sucked, then enumerate a whole host of reasons. Or better yet, the Original Series sucked and Picard could beat Kirk in a fight. Such a post would be childish, garner few responses, and get lost in the shuffle of forum activity -- essentially failing to sell itself on the marketplace of ideas. Or, I could post a contentious idea that is well thought-out, polite, and original -- I might criticize the franchise's creator, or a favorite writer -- and there would be lively debate, adding to the collective knowledge on the subject.

How come the mods at TF.n aren't willing to let the marketplace of ideas determine value on their board? I know they're trying to stroke the egos of their "VIPs" (e.g. Karen Traviss), but why slavishly defend people who never even see the board, against opinions that are as valid as anyone else's?