The Lounge is for anything that is not troubleshooting, which includes discussions on tech issues, as long as they are not related to a troubleshooting issue. We used to have a "Tech Issues" forum separate from the Lounge, to differentiate between tech talk and anything talk, but the admins decided to combine the two years ago. So yes, you can post a thread on anything within reason in the Lounge. In the past we used to have some pretty heated political discussions, in fact. You seem like the type to start up some pretty heated threads, so go for it!
