- Recon Number 54
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Well, here we are. I guess that it was destined to come to this.
The subject isn't explicitly prohibited. So the topic doesn't get closed automatically like other topics that are specifically not allowed (piracy, religion, politics, law breaking, etc.)
But disruption, flaming, namecalling and other rule violations are prohibited.
So, the topics get closed eventually. Not for the subject matter, but for the fact (as you point out) that members can't play nice. But they do not get locked because of the topic/subject itself.
If you were to make a list of "things that the members of this site cannot reliably discuss in a calm, rational and civil manner", you'd probably end up with a long list, each line of which may also have some notable exceptions where the conversation lasted a decent amount of time before it devolved into adolescent shouting.