User:SOTO/Forum Archive/Inclusion debates/@comment-4028641-20170306172600/@comment-4028641-20170311231228

"Unanimous" as a phrase was a reference to the fact that there has been no differentiating opinion in the thread. That is still true. It is still a fact that the debate so far has been unanimous. As in, no one has disagreed, and these days if people didn't agree with something they would tell you about it.

I have said only one thing: if this debate has not had any new opinions or thoughts in two to four weeks, then there is no point in keeping the thread open. This is not a controversial topic, evidenced by the fact that the biggest controversy has been about why there hasn't been any controversies. If we let it sit while we patiently wait for someone to disagree because someone has to disagree apparently, then in four years we're all going to remember that this thread was ever a thing and by then we have to start all over.

If we wait for the figurative person who disagrees to suddenly feel like posting, then years will pass us by.

Silence is indeed not a stance, but if you decide not to have a stance then we don't need to wait around for you to eventually pick a side.

I referenced your disinterest in the thread up to the point where you wanted to question if it was unanimous (it was, and is; because right now we're not even debating the actual topic of the forum) because it proves that even you only posted a differentiating opinion to something that has almost nothing to do with the question at hand. The people who agree have nothing more to add -- the people who disagree don't seem to exist right now. I do not see the point of keeping this open more than a few weeks past this point in the conversation if it keeps going this way.

I would not say this about a forum that had different sides or opinions inside it. I have not said this about the LEGO thread. But if a forum is created, no one manages to disagree, and no one can even think of a solid argument for someone that would disagree, then there is no problem with closing the thread down after something close after a reasonable amount of time.

If someone has any good reason that Storm in a Tikka, Fixing a Hole, or Rescue should be invalid, then I'd love to hear their point of view. But if in three weeks no one has thought of anything, we don't need to wait. Right now, there is no reason that they're invalid. They just are because.