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I have noticed that when topics get to politiical they seem to be banned. At the same time, a good few member, including myself, enjoy discussing political matters. Would it be possible to start up a Politics section, possibly carrying some sort of warning, so people will not be offended?

not going to happen. It wouldnt matter if it was in a seperate section, people will get heated over it and would overflow to other sections. If you want to discuss politics there are many forums around the net to do so.

It will not happen.

Dave

(Holds hands up in surrender) Fine fine, i shall never speak of it again...at least not here

Posted by: Mistral Posted on: Today at 9:58am
(Holds hands up in surrender) Fine fine, i shall never speak of it again...at least not here

Now if only all of us could follow in your idea!


Dave

I have noticed that when topics get to politiical they seem to be banned. At the same time, a good few member, including myself, enjoy discussing political matters. Would it be possible to start up a Politics section, possibly carrying some sort of warning, so people will not be offended?

There are other places for that, for better or for worse political discussion does not work out well here, and accordingly it is no longer allowed. I am sure you can find world politics forums in the +8 billion sites google has listed.

As promised  :-X

Said it before and I'll say it again, if you want to get into it with SimV members on "hot-button" topics, PM them. If they get tired of arguing, they can just stop replying.  Otherwise it gets out of control, and of course as tempers flare and posts get more hostile, the whole site gets tainted... the surfers who like to spoil things are far more likely to start dropping their little bombs here if they see that kind of bile-spewing; they'll feel right at home.
  I've been guilty of waxing a little too philosophical in some threads; I know how easy it is to hunker down like that. It's damn near impossible to get the last word on politics or religion...and there are more productive things to do and talk about. One thing we learn as we get older is that life is way too short to waste arguing about certain things...

(still learning)

Well I saw a site that had no politcal forum. Then after a debate and a vote they decided to have one as a test run. SOme of the worst arguments were/are there and it is where people fall out/make friends. Personally it is very helpful and extremely interesting. People aren't the "George Bush and Tony Blair Sucks" style, but then they are pretty blunt too. In my small experience at only 18 I feel that to keep the peace it is best left out.

Anyway, the answer is no anyway so I needn't worry!

On Religion in SimV:  It is perfectly acceptable to discuss ways of worshipping and praising me.

On Poilitics in SimV:  It is perfectly acceptable, appropriate, and advisable to extoll my many virtues and qualifications and to campaign for my being elevated by unanimous worldwide consensus to Supreme Leader for Life of the Known Universe.

All other discussion of politics and religion is subject to the (very limited) tolerance of mods and upgrades....

Now if only all of us could follow in your idea!


Dave

Uhmm....Could we have a Politics Forum Dave??

Posted by: Souichiro Posted on: Today at 4:04pm
on Jul 7th, 2005, 10:27am, Fly2e wrote:

Uhmm....Could we have a Politics Forum Dave??

SURE!! HERE YOU GO
http://www.politicsforum.org/

Dave

Posted by: Saitek Posted on: Today at 12:46pm
Well I saw a site that had no political forum. Then after a debate and a vote they decided to have one as a test run.

We did the same thing..
Except the other way around!
We used to allow it for a long time until many members were saying things that were pretty offensive.


We had a POLL and it came back almost 100% were in favor of not discussing politics on this forum.

So there you go!  8)

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We had a POLL and it came back almost 100% were in favor of not discussing politics on this forum.

So there you go!