Dear Farmer,
Actually and just a thought ( yes I do think there is an element of bickering ) if you log out of the forum, it does look a bit boring, maybe the front page you see could be a bit more inviting, something like "all welcome, even if you are a Rastafarian, spaghetti monster, Christian, devil worshiping, atheist".
And Mods, that agreement thingy, it is very lawyerly, any chance we could spice that up, something like " hello and welcome, thank you for choosing the best debating forum on the whole net, we promise not to eat you, well not in your first week, but we do have a few rules, purely for your own safety".
Just a thought
Gonnagle.