It's times like these that I *really* wish the Creative Speculation forum wasn't retired

[Fiendish Thingy]

Earl G, I wish you would consider reactivating the Creative Speculation forum, so that those of us who don’t wish to engage in such speculation don’t have to scroll through the multitude of such posts in GD.

The CS forum served DU well in the past, sequestering the numerous threads about 9/11, JFK, UFO’s, Bigfoot, etc., de-cluttering the GD forum so that non-speculating DUers could focus on reality based discussions of electing Democrats and supporting Democratic legislation.

[Ocelot II]

1. I agree. There's waaay too much "creative speculation" going on right now,

and it's cluttering the place up. Not in a good way, either.

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. Indeed

Some pretty obvious trolling from new DU members, but a lot from long time DUers.

[Think. Again.]

3. I agree...

Creative speculation is fun!

It's pretty much what the entire "mystery" genre is built on.

But it does get in the way of life when people jumble it together with boring old reality.

[ms liberty]

4. LIHOP and MIHOP. Oh, the good old days!

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

[Fiendish Thingy]

5. It was the craziest of times. Nt

[Ocelot II]

7. I remember it well.

People just can't help making up their own theories if they can't get all the facts immediately.

[Stardust Mirror]

6. I agree & I'm interested in the creative speculation

so I would like a place to read it, and if it helps make the rest of the site more "clutter-free" for other users, why not?

[cloudbase]

8. Might as well bring it back.

We need a place where "I have a theory" really means "I have a wild-ass guess."