Too many rainbow Santas (would that mean he had a Mr. Clause at home? Anyhow.)
Could be. BoolProp tends to be very pro about that sort of thing.
As far as I can see you guys are just adults talking like adults would to other adults, but you're talking to kids who are used to being addressed as kids. Its intimidating. It's also not your fault that they feel intimidated and I wouldn't worry about it. I think with the variety of posts that were made there were enough dumbed down that even a sixth grader should get it. If they don't like it, they can avoid the thread. No ones forcing them to read it. So, you're not being mean, you're being adults. To a kid that can mean much the same thing.
Right now I am just glad the discussion is going on, that information is being made public and that people can go there, read it, and draw their own conclusions without being brow beat into thinking one way or another by an admin or mod. Some public community that was not originally involved needed to take the step to not censor this issue and get it out there for the Sims 2 community to decide on with
all the facts at their disposal. I'm proud of the fact that BoolProp had the balls to step up to the plate.