Subj : Politics
To   : All
From : Avon
Date : Sat Mar 05 2022 02:55 pm

Golly what a business eh, this politics stuff :)

I recall I asked we didn't cover that and religion because at the time it seemed some echomail areas were getting taken over by heated arguments between folks, often about USA politics and who was left and who was right and which leader was good or not etc. etc.

For me I'm not against political discussion per say but I am against any hurtful or unkind or extreme discord that can unfortunately arise when something in that political or religious space comes up and people feel they must defend their point of view tooth and nail but do so in a way that descends into acrimony.

So I'm not against political chatter per say but against the poor behaviour that seems to accompany it when some go off the deep end trying to convey their point of view.

I wonder if an echo that had a geo-political or just political focus to it would be a starter? If it was set up it could be a place for discussions about global politics and peoples thoughts, fears, hopes etc. the come with it.

I enjoy news and I do follow local and national political events here in New Zealand. I am also following closely what is happing in Europe (with dismay and sadness) and keeping an eye on the South Pacific region (closer to my country) with interest too.

So for me to chat about any of that stuff I'd likely need to adjust things in fsx to create such an echo for that kind of chatter and focus.

But it occurs to me that where the bulk of any such chatter has landed in the past (as I mentioned earlier) was in the USA political space. And I guess that's also understandable as many nodes in fsx are USA based and it's been a busy/changable time in USA politics for some years now with several high profile people generating engagement in folks for and against their espoused views.

Another thought would be to also create a USA specific politics echo but the it seems a bit unfair to the rest of the globe :) And I do worry it could turn sour in content posted if people forgot about the values of the network and started chucking metaphorical barbs at each other :( Never good nor fun, nor kind.

These are some of my thoughts :) Not in any order nor intent to act in any time soon (given my travels)

But if we could find a way to continue to agree to conduct ourselves in a way that is civil if such an echo(s) were created I'd be open to looking at it / giving it a try.

I will x-post this to FSX_NET ... can you please reply to that echo as this is essentially a network admin etc. topic so let's plonk that chatter there.

Best, Paul

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