I have been hanging around on internet forums for a while now, and this forum is one of the best (maybe the best) when it comes to informative and interesting civil discourse in my opinion. That is not the rule when it comes to public conversations on the web, and it is a big reason I come here as often as I do.
There are other sites available that allow any and all things to be discussed with few rules. When I spend much time on them I appreciate this site more.
That is not to say that when I make an intelligent and insightful post that is deleted because it is ruled improper that I like it...