Sure is amazing. We've just gotten past 900, while the "Gaza Strip" thread has breezed by us and is closing in on 1,000. All it takes is controversy--preferably heated. The more people stake out positions at either end of a spectrum, the faster the count goes up.

So it's obviously better to just keep chugging along. After all, conversation is not a race-- nor a competition of any kind.

That's what makes the Table a refuge--and it's great.