I wholeheartedly agree. I've been saying the same thing for a long time.

A link to my opinion on the above referenced thread..

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showp...03&postcount=8

The time has come to either ban political, religious, and ideological discussions from Omni AND open a forum for those topics only which are moderated only for personal attacks. Give Omni a moderator or 2 to make sure forbidden subjects, plus other TOS violations, don't happen.

Most other large boards have such areas and they are very successful. Too many people want to do nothing all day except argue politics and disrupt conversations.