Not that I have much say, being a newbie and all, but I think a 'debate forum' is something you should avoid. It's way too easy to get into serious arguments when people are passionate about something and regardless of promising to 'have an open mind', all people have their biases.

I would predict that it would eventually divide up the group in the end rather than bring a cohesiveness to the DSB community.

There are plenty of debate forums all over the net that can accommodate just about any topic.

Just my thoughts, but of course any of you are free to challenge me on this ;)

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