Paul, are you complaining or just jumping on the bandwagon. If you're just jumping on the bandwagon with a few others, that's your prerogative. If you're complaining, you're not knocking on the right door. Whether you're talking about a current local, national or world issue, or posting about something dear to you such as your family or even posting your wife's wildlife photos, many people enjoy them. If you or anyone for that matter is against these kinds of threads, PM or email myself or any of the moderators and we'll discuss it. In the meantime, the community has been successful and growing for more than a decade. (That's even before you arrived here.) Thanks for reading.