Have you noticed how long it's been since there has been a pissing-match on the "Paddock Political thread"? If not, you should look.
It seems to me that a lot of us decided it was non-productive and stopped posting in the political thread at the same time.
The bottom line for me is that the Paddock has always been for non-auto related topics, too. If you don't want to participate, just don't. Many of us enjoyed the exchanges of ideas. If it was your forum, Mike, you could certainly dictate topics of discussion. Ron has made the executive decision to leave it open for political/religious discussions, some of which many of us enjoy.
Your snide little remarks, Mike, like "...ruining the forum", have had no positive impact. If you don't like what goes on there, just don't open the door...some of us have already made that choice for the most part.
...or, you could start your own GT40s related forum...why not try that?
Doug