just wanted to post my 2 cents..
firstly nick is NOT a mod therefore he can't close threads
now as far as this community goes... all communities you go to online have forum guidelines like what xsiv posted... basically this is a guideline of behavior expected called netiquette...
in order to run the website and keep everyone happy to the greatest extent we can... we do monitor posts/edit things and occasionally if it is deemed inappropriate or getting out of hand... move the thread...
you can speak freely on this site... we encourage people to... but we also EXPECT people to follow the rules that they agree to abide by posting here
sometimes by enforcing the rules we may not endear ourselves to all the members of this community BUT it has to be done on occasion... if you want to argue a point... just stay within bounds... if it gets a bit rowdy than it will first be monitored and then possibly closed/moved...
here is my thing though... your choice of words...
you say you WANT to have an ARGUMENT...
if you really wanted to talk about issues...you would have a DISCUSSION and we have these all the time... say about mid-east issues or certain laws or products being released...
starting a thread with the idea of having an ARGUMENT is not constructive IMHO...
if you do have questions about what you can or cannot do... you may go ahead and ask in a pm or email...