Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA That's my gripe. Laughing Place has very civil message boards -- except for this place. I think the World Events section should go 'bye-bye' for the summer. See if anyone misses it, and then bring it back if necessary. If I were Czar of LP.com [and I'm not] I'd shut down this section so fast, it would be done NOW. Also, I'd ban people for life from my site and have it all about me. I'd even have my own threads that are only for me to post in.