gets out their true thoughts, allowing us to be more open and honest with each other

As I am like a leftist liberal pinko funhouse mirror version of d33zY, I find myself agreeing with this statement!

I'll give a quick example. On a BBS devoted to the kind of car I drive, a guy posted how his 8-months-pregnant wife had just been in an accident, but "thank God I bought her that SUV." Although I was certainly glad she was OK, I tried to point out that this was the classic passive (vs. active) safety, "bigger must be better" thinking, and that had she been in a more nimble vehicle, she might have avoided hitting the parked car altogether.

That did not go over well. But it did prompt quite a debate....