... VERY RECENTLY walked into a conversation among long-time friends which has been going on for more than 12 years and you want to dictate the topic(s) of discussion?? And now you're being condescending and insulting to boot?? Perhaps you should start your own conversation (that is, your own "chip board") ... then you can ban politics, religion, "old boy's gossip" and any other subject you don't like. Until then, you could at least be respectful of the man who does all of the work to make this conversation possible and quit whining about his ground rules.