>In this case, we have a news item that suddenly starts to look like it's going
>to be a springboard into a discussion on religion and prayer in school, not to
>mention gun control. These are areas where a profound difference in opinions
>is likely. There was already one response to the thread calling it
>inappropriate.
>
>So I froze the thread and I stick by that decision. It is the first thread I
>have ever even considered freezing.

Wait a second -- you froze it because something _might_ happen? What kind of a dumbass move was that? I thought you were a libertarian, not a democrat....