anyone can play this game. it's fun! it's easy!
Why isn't chess more popular?

That is also true...especially about religion and politics. Most of the people I know (and have known) are not "deep thinkers".
CAREFUL! Politics could polarize the discussion! lol. That's one thing that's really nice about chess. it's extremely hard to involve politics or religion.

That is also true, even more so in regard to religion and politics.
I find that as soon as you try to go deeper, to get to what you(or others) are looking for, you end up with a whole new set of problems:
when you go deeper, someone will look for clever ways to turn it into a hole, to bury you in...
someone will always try to fight you over the validy of the idea, either so they feel no obligation to conform, or maybe to try to fight you over it, to claim it for themselves...
Some people will be jealous and try to make you out as someone, who wants to be special...even if you could care less
others have nothing better to do than to give someone a hard time...

Sometimes I enjoy when a thread turns to a train wreck...
hey it's richy
Wuts up Flags?

That is also true, even more so in regard to religion and politics.
I find that as soon as you try to go deeper, to get to what you(or others) are looking for, you end up with a whole new set of problems:
when you go deeper, someone will look for clever ways to turn it into a hole, to bury you in...
someone will always try to fight you over the validy of the idea, either so they feel no obligation to conform, or maybe to try to fight you over it, to claim it for themselves...
Some people will be jealous and try to make you out as someone, who wants to be special...even if you could care less
others have nothing better to do than to give someone a hard time...
we go'n tear this joint up