BBW -

I wonder if those discussions are just part of the "social" or "community" aspect of that board similar to the discussions on the FAOL Bulletin Board regarding personal or family / friend's medical / health issues, prayer requests, birthday wishes, tragedies in someone's local news that don't even involve the poster, etc.

I don't find those topics / threads interesting or fun and pretty much stay away from them. But a lot of folks do enjoy them and Deanna and Neil endorse them so they are entirely appropriate material for this bulletin board.

John