[Dino]

I thought it would be an interesting experiment to have a thread without a set topic in which conversation/discussion/debate is allowed to evolve and progress naturally and without boundaries. So this thread will basically go off on one long tangent.

Now, I know this concept may seem like it's attempting to make the entire off-topic forum redundant, but I want you to trust me that it is not, and here is my reason why: We have individual threads outside of this thread to discuss anything in specific, at length and in detail, and sometimes these can be fairly difficult to think up (or at least, the original and interesting ones can). However, I believe that if we have a thread like this, that will allow free flowing discussion, we will hit upon subjects that we can then take into a new thread and discuss at length.

In simple terms, this thread will be the place where, by simply holding a conversation with everyone, we come across subjects that make us go "hmm, I think I'll make a thread about this subject". Therefore it will benefit us, the posters, and the rest of the Off-Topic forum.

Now, before you go giving me a medal for my genius, I should probably start us off with a subject.

Starting subject is illegal immigration and the way it's affecting southern American states, displacing white American citizens, who now flee in record numbers to settle in the northern states. In other words, forced segregation. And the US government is doing literally nothing about it. Hardly suprising under the Bush administration but still shocking. I was listening to a (admittedly slightly paranoid) US radio station last night, which had a caller who was explaining how third world poverty is becoming almost as commonplace in the southern united states as it is in Africa. Do you think this is neo-nazi propaganda, moneymaking-scheme driven paranoia-mongering to make ad-space more profitable, or the real deal? And if so, what are the implications?