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Gentlemen, my comments in this particular subject were/are directed at a
hypothetical replacement for FIDE, one that could conceivably actually
occur. Now, I think Lemurian Shatranj, for example, is a fine game, and
played on an 8x8; but I think that when most people find the king is the
only piece they recognize or have a clue how to use, and that I slowed
down the pawns too, it's unlikely they'll make LemS the next FIDE. 

David and Gary, both of you are fine chess players, and you participate in
chess tournaments [and do pretty well, I might add]. My question is what
conceivable chess piece the millions of serious FIDE players would accept
as a replacement on an 8x8 board for which current piece, R, N, B, or Q? 

I suspect that current trends in society and technology are just beginning
to make their impact on chess, and that things will change remarkably over
the next several decades in FIDE. [My personal suspicion is that the FIDE
organization will attempt to basically freeze changes, and will be
overtaken by large groups of people on the internet who will do things
their own ways, leaving FIDE less relevant.]