Uh...I guess we COULD, but I don't understand what that would really accomplish.
I really don't understand why we feel that debates need to be policed and monitored more than other topics. Yes, there's potential for problems whenever you have differing strong feelings on a topic, but why do we need to highlight them with their own forum or threads? How are they really any different than other topics? I think keeping them as normal, everyday topics helps keep them from causing serious issues because they are NOT set apart as "special" somehow.