Sorry to be flip here, but when I was told ''we're not just a science forum '' by James, I took that to mean "just another discussion board".
I was puzzled by your two poll threads, until I realised you might be trying to bury the ''spook sections'' to promote a rational general discussion site. Anyways, I hope folks get what they want here, those that don't can easily up anchor.
And that's fine - if that is the intent, then the rules should reflect that. Let everyone be on the same level, rather than holding some to one standard and others to another.