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Should there be a politics forum?
wpruitt:
Politics and religon are two of the most dangerous topics to have on a forum. Tyler knew, in his youthful but infinite wisdom, what he was doing when he established guidelines regarding those issues.
--- Quote from: slyatlast on July 06, 2009, 05:43:38 PM ---I deal with enough politics at work, so no...also no religion forums. There have been threads started about religion and it only leads to problems. Everything has its place and time.
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Stu:
--- Quote from: ShavedForNow on July 06, 2009, 05:37:09 PM ---I sympathize: here in California in the 60s and 70s we had to put up with a clown governor who made his money playing poombah to Bonzo the chimpanzee in Hollywood. ;D
I see the tribe has spoken, so I'll shut up about the idea now. B3M3
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Too bad you had to insert your parting shot at Reagan... I thought you understood that politics was off limits, but obviously you couldn't resist. This is exactly why politics are banned. And yes, I have had things removed too, but from the opposite end of your political spectrum.
ShavedForNow:
--- Quote from: Stu on July 06, 2009, 07:07:11 PM ---Too bad you had to insert your parting shot at Reagan... I thought you understood that politics was off limits, but obviously you couldn't resist. This is exactly why politics are banned. And yes, I have had things removed too, but from the opposite end of your political spectrum.
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No, Stu, the point of my last remark was not to take a parting shot at Reagan, but to mimic aarrggh's parting shot at Franken. (Gee, I wonder why you didn't chastise him?)
It should be obvious from this thread that I'm not interested in unilaterally violating the rule against political discussion. I simply made an honest, straightforward, lobbying effort for a part of the forum where that rule wouldn't apply. Apparently several other members don't want such an area, so I backed off.
Personally, I can throw wicked punches in the boxing ring and later behave like a perfect gentleman at the dinner table with all my sparring partners. Unfortunately, not everyone can make that clean separation. If they could, arguments on political or religious forums wouldn't spill over into the rest of a site.
sellitman:
As a politically active person on the web and beyond I have more than enough places to post and to vent .
Nobody changes the mindset of others who feel differently and trying to usually creates problems.
It's good politics is left to a minimum here. Everyone here gets along that way. I say hail to the Mods! They are Sly & Smart.
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Dome of Steele:
I think even this short forum makes it CRYSTAL clear that Tyler's rule need not be changed.
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