Seriously, people already discuss solid news/world-related topics in the LL, and nobody hates on them for that. With that said, it's unnecessary for those people to try and separate themselves from those who don't discuss the same kind of topics. But if you wanna do it like that, then we shouldn't even have an LL, just a bunch of other forums dedicated to things such as...
"Intellectual" discussion
Threads about rap that don't quite qualify for Hip Hop Talk
Threads about rap that qualify for HHT but the kid who posted it doesn't give a shit
Complaining about voters/lack thereof
Exposing biters and aliases
Ideas about what to do with RV money
Ideas for potential tourneys and leagues
There are a lot of threads about suggestions to improve this site, so why don't we get a forum for that? Oh wait, my bad, there already is one. Just like there's already a place for discussing "smart" things...this forum.
I'm not trying to set a negative tone here, just explaining my point.