Subj : Re: Politics
To   : McDoob
From : Gamgee
Date : Sat Mar 19 2022 03:19 pm

-=> McDoob wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Ga>  Mc>> Perhaps an echo for 'world events', as a place to discuss these
 Ga>  Mc>> things. But certainly *not* a politics echo!

 Ga>  Ga> I don't think there is any actual difference between "world events" a
 Ga>  Ga> "politics". Such an echo would be EXACTLY the same as having an echo
 Ga>  Ga> for politics, and is equally as bad of an idea.

 Ga>  Ni> Not all world events involve politics.

 Ga> While that may technically be true, I think the events would quickly
 Ga> devolve into politics.  Like within 4-5 posts/replies.

 Ga> That's my opinion, anyway, and I think it's a pretty accurate
 Ga> description of what would happen.

 Mc> Gamgee makes a valid point (please stop doing that (o_-) ). It is
 Mc> entirely too likely that this is exactly what would happen. We
 Mc> humans have trouble getting along sometimes.

Indeed I do, and indeed we do.  ;-)

 Mc> However, it's also not guaranteed, especially here on fsxNet,
 Mc> where we have a tendency to 'self-regulate'.

Perhaps better than some other networks, no doubt.  But when the heavy
weapons come out, it will get ugly.

 Mc> At the end of the day, I agree with Gamgee, and I feel like it's
 Mc> best not to make any changes. Disallow politics, but don't
 Mc> necessarily crack down immediately when current events are being
 Mc> discussed. If the discussion starts to devolve, then put a stop
 Mc> to it.

Glad there seems to be some consensus on this, and I agree that there's
nothing wrong with "current events" as long as somebody is paying 
some attention to things and can step in and ask for a cease-fire when
needed.  That doesn't always have to be Avon, either, and goes with your
point above about "self-regulation".  Let's remember that if someone just
has to talk politics, there are plenty of other places to do it, and it's
nice to have somewhere that's free of it.


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