I believe sometimes people want to have validation on what they are thinking. If someone is too close to a situation then no answer seems best, and reaching out with what seems like an obvious question allows them to see how others would react to a situation or circumstance.
I can tell you for sure that on hubpages the silly questions are asked just to get an accolade or to increase the hubscore as some of the pro hubbers say.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.