So what if some people take it "too seriously", if they want to take it "too seriously", it is their right, just like it is your right to come in here and act like an arrogant prick (see "rats in a maze, monkeys in a zoo" comment). Keep in mind that most of us don't really come here for serious debating (I mean, you do realize this is a Star Wars forum right?), we are just a bunch of guys with fairly common interests discussing how we feel about certian political situations. Sometimes the discussion gets a bit heated, as has been the nature of political conversations since the beginning of recorded history, so what? In real debate you are trying to convince people of your point of view, even though we discuss why we feel a certian way about something, it is not that we feel we are going to convince the other person to change their minds one way or another.

In short, we enjoy discussing these things, which is what we were doing in this particular thread. You are the one that pops your head in and says,

FanFiltration said:

The abundant lack of intelligence of people who post on this forum just floors me.

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"The ignorant can be trusting and thus can be governed. The misinformed are impossible to govern because they cannot be talked out of the skewed rubbish they think they know. - Dr. Albert Oxford, PhD

So who takes this too seriously? I didn't pipe up because "the shoe fit" I piped up because your arrogance annoys me, whether I was one of the ones you were refering to as one of the people who floor you, one of your rats/monkey/or the people who take things too seriously doesn't really matter to me. You are still insulting other people here, and that bugs me. It is not that we are expecting to solve the global warming debate in a Star Wars forum, it simply got brought up and we started talking about it. If it makes you feel better about yourself to come in here and start jeering at everyone for not being as enlightened as you, then so be it. If we only spent as much time looking at websites like the onion and a website called completewasteoftime.com like you do, we might be able to comprehend your vast intellectual strength, but I am pretty sure none of us come even close to being able to fathom it, so spare us the guilt trip on the sake of ignorance.

Now if you'll excuse me, I believe there is a piece of cheese somewhere in here that is in need of finding.