Fair enough Voice, I'm always ready to be proved wrong. Maybe I should have written "can be interesting and educational" . I think a lot of it is both of these things, however I agree with you that it is not always both of these things.
Unless you were getting at the bit about "hurting nobody", again I stand to be corrected but I can't think of an example. I was involved in an incident that was speculated about on these forums a few years ago and it didn't bother me or my family at all because we knew what had happened, and knew that most of the speculation was off the mark. It doesn't matter if people are barking up the wrong tree because this is a rumour network and not an official investigation board. As long as people are thinking then it's a good thing in my opinion. Cheers.