Brian1971: Ouch.

I understand what are you trying to say and although I don't agreee with your direct sentiment, I think it is a fair statement to say that a two-way give-and-take needs to be addressed on this board.

First, if a basic idea has already been addressed and rejected (auto pass, for example), it may be a good idea to develop a faq for this board. That way, if someone unknowingly opens a can of worms, the moderators can just refer it to the faq and if something substantively new or different from the faq is addressed by the comment, it should be welcome. In other words, in the faq, an option can be addressed as a question ("What about autopass?"), the answer can be filled with arguments for and against and the final resolution. If someone comes up with a new argument, it should be allowed and responded to.

Likewise, if someone just wants to rehash old arguments, they can be referred to the faq.

In the faq, you can even address improvements that you are working on.

Timely responses are important on this board, but in the limited time that I have been here, I have seen many things responded to. I don't know why some things don't get directly responded to, but I feel like they will in good time (maybe I am just being naive, after all, I am new here ).