[Ben Towe]

Example of closing statements I've seen: "I don't see this going anywhere. Closed."

Well thanks Mom, but I'm pretty sure we're all adults here.

Mike, the Haleys Comet scenario is cute but doesn't cut any ice. There is a big difference in that completely ridiculous scenario and one about a catastrophic event that while highly unlikely, is possible. Why close that one? For that matter why close the one about Haley's Comet? If someone wants to suggest a gun for killing mutant-zombie-alien-humans then let them. If I don't want to read it then I skip right over it, it even tells me what the OP says when I put my pointer over it without clicking, nifty. I realize this is a privately owned "place", and they can justly control what can be posted but you can't have much open discussion if you control every aspect of the conversation.