Politics Section

[Woodlouse2002]

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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!

[Craig.]

Erm... And when did this happen? I've been here longer than you and I don't remember it.

I was thinking the same. I dont actually ever remember politics being actively allowed. Petes ruling until recently was "discouraged" but not banned. Maybe there was an independant thing run by someone, but i dont ever remember there being an official poll that actually decided the fate of this.

[Wing Nut]

It happened, trust me...

[Woodlouse2002]

It happened, trust me...

When was it then?

[Wing Nut]

October 28, 1972 at 3:23 AM GMT.

[Woodlouse2002]

[quote]October 28, 1972 at 3:23 AM GMT.

[Hagar]

If I remember correctly, politics & religion was not encouraged but not actually banned. The mods here have always been very sensible & dealt with the whole thing admirably. IMHO
That's until a few people started kicking up a fuss about them not being fair which has caused a lot of bad feeling & the present 'zero tolerance' policy. In my view a voluntary ban was always the best solution but it's not always easy to know what's acceptable as we all come from very different cultures.

I also brought this up when Brensec proposed a History forum. I was originally against the idea as it's almost impossible to discuss history without mentioning these subjects. Fortunately it seems to have worked out so far as most contributors are sensible people & genuinely interested in history.

[pete]

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

Yes indeed we did. It was unanimously decided no politics or religion.

[BMan1113VR]

Yes it happened.

[Mistral]

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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!

[Souichiro]

If you take into account some recent activities on the forums and especially some rising tensions and people who feel the forums have taken a change for the worst. Then I don't think that something like politics which has the tendency to stirr things really up will have any chance of being accepted let alone be supported. I think once more that the banning of politics is really good!

Ow yeah.. I like to debate about politics too! I do so with my friends but not in public on these very forums

[Fly2e]

Well you have asked about "where" & "when" these discussions took place? Here are the answers.

As you can see Woody, it does not matter how long you have been here, but how much time you actually spend here

[Mistral]

Point.

But you say that the majority don't want to discuss politics, i beg to differ with you here, but that aside, there is no law saying that they do have to join in with the discussion, is there

[Hagar]

Mistral. Please accept the fact that discussing religion & politics invariably leads to rising tempers, insults & flame wars. This is not the way we do things at Simviation. As has been mentioned before, there are plenty of specialised sites where you can do this to your heart's content.

[Wing Nut]

Basically, it boils down to this:

This is one of the oldest and most respected flight sim sites on the web.