and of course we want more interesting topics,
I agree but why expect someone else to post?
Why don't you?
Some people post on these boards expecting a short reply to something the've asked and are amazed when the replies run into several pages and they inadvertently start a huge debate over what they originally thought was an innocuos question.
Others may want to post but still hold a deep seated fear from schooldays of being ridiculed. You have to learn that as Noseall said, we are anonymous, (well most of us don't know each other outside this forum), and so we are free to say/ask what we want and if any jibes are printed we have the option to ignore that 'person'. Nothing is personal here, it is just words on a screen. Unfortunately some people do get rather agitated when someone disagrees with them.