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It's called PROFIT.... the word of mouth gets the attention going, then people see the movie, and their interest is piqued and they want to learn more. They then visit "laundry lists" that have come out to focus on the "falsehoods.

Each "laundry list" website links you to other websites that get more hits so they can sell more ads on that site.

Then the "laundry lists" come out to support the "falsehoods" and debunk the other sites with links of their own which in turn take you to links that get their hit base raised so that they can charge more for ad space.

And on and on and they make more and more no matter which side they took. It's all profit.

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There's the "why do you hate Bush thread".

Silent, the mods don't lock threads down just to lock them down, 99% of the time they issue warnings before any thread is locked.

It's just a matter of respect and staying on topic. Tensions and passions run high and people (including myself) can get very carried away and start typing and not realize what they said and how negatively it was said until it was posted.

This usually rises someone else's ire and before you know it the topic is ignored and namecalling is all that is being done (been there also). The mods try to stop this cycle before it starts and they do a damn good job. I have yet to see any true "official" bias but they do and should have their own opinions but they don't lock a thread based on those.

Halx and company have one of the best forums on the net and deservedly so because they work hard to let us be heard but they also have very short ropes to allow flamers and trolls to feast.

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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"