Subj : politic rules (was: All politics aside...)
To   : Arelor
From : Oli
Date : Sat Feb 26 2022 11:58:05

Arelor wrote (2022-02-25):

 A>    Re: All politics aside...
 A>    By: Nightfox to Oli on Fri Feb 25 2022 02:23 pm

 A> I don't mean to be blunt, but it looks to me like the rules of this echo
 A> are very pliable.

 A> It is starting to look like the no-politics rule can be ignored as long
 A> as the rage of posters is directed towards targets that the
 A> administration loves to hate. Such notion does not cast a good light on
 A> FSXNet because it suggests rules are arbitrarily enforced.

 A> Were I to post "Fuck Biden, and fuck America!", there would be an
 A> administrator pulling a banhammer over it (and rightly so).

Exactly, because we know how this 'discussion' would end (or would never end).

 A> The fact hate
 A> against Russians does not cause such reaction is a little disturbing,
 A> specially because I have the suspicion that should a pro-russian pop out
 A> and defend the Russian stance, we would not have a debate: we would just
 A> kick the crap out of him with banhammers.

But did it happen?

What happened instead is a longer discussion (than the original one) about US presidents / politics, 'entitlement', the rules and the 'administration'.

 A> So I suggest that either the matter is dropped or the rules are changed to
 A> accomodate this reality.

US national politics was the reason that brought us these rules. The rules are guidelines and not a constitution that can be enforced on the administration to take literally.

I perceive Avon's non-moderation much more appropriate than using this thread for politics about the politics rule.

It's a f*ing war started by one man because he feels entitled to kill people and invade a country. People and Europe and Russia still remember real war with millions of people dying and the cold war. We also remember Chernobyl blowing up. When I read about increased radiation levels in the Chernobyl area it reminds me that the war is not that far away.

Should we not talk about it, because everything about people is somehow political? Should we protect war and mad men by the no-politics rule?

I'm all for changing the rule to "no US politics". Or just de-list a few people and be able to have saner political discussions.

I also don't see why (virtually) kicking the crap out of anyone supporting warmonger Putin is a bad thing.

(IMHO) The essence of the rule is:
1. Keep your intolerant authoritarian harmful political ideas out of fsxnet.
2. Don't reply to such postings – let the thread dry out. Don't start a flame war, don't try to win the debate.

Unfortunately 2 does not always work. (FTNs have no moderation tools unlike a web forum. Both ways have their advantages and disadvantages).

So what was the (unpolitical) intention of you post?

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