No More Politics

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TyBoo

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It might be time to remove the No Rules tagline from the front page. From here on out, any political commentary goes straight to the trash.

I learned my lesson about pointless arguments on here quite a few years ago and have been able to refrain from posting that crap ever since. We have been tolerant of a lot of things, much to the chagrin of a vast majority of our active members, but now I am a crotchety old man who would rather click one delete button than explain over and over in email and PM replies why we let it go.

Sorry, but this isn't the place.
 
Well, I dissent. OK, I know this not a vote. Of course I will go along with this new policy. Frankly, since we won, I should be happy about it. But I'm not. The serious discussions that went on on this site were knowledgeable and heartfelt on both sides. Truth be told, I learned a lot. In fact. I felt the discussions were more valuable than those on any of the "political" sites. While perhaps not always "nice" they were always respectful. Like it or not politics is a fundamental building block of "That's Life" in this democracy. , and to that I say "thank God". Finally, we are "The C-Brats", formed in the crucible of disagreement. Let us continue to live up to our name and not become a virtual gated community. Thank you
 
dotnmarty":bq0dzg7t said:
Well, I dissent. OK, I know this not a vote. Of course I will go along with this new policy. Frankly, since we won, I should be happy about it. But I'm not. The serious discussions that went on on this site were knowledgeable and heartfelt on both sides. Truth be told, I learned a lot. In fact. I felt the discussions were more valuable than those on any of the "political" sites. While perhaps not always "nice" they were always respectful. Like it or not politics is a fundamental building block of "That's Life" in this democracy. , and to that I say "thank God". Finally, we are "The C-Brats", formed in the crucible of disagreement. Let us continue to live up to our name and not become a virtual gated community. Thank you
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Well, I am in Marty's camp - always a good place to be. I too will do my best to stick to the new rule. I do want to thank the administrators here for the outstanding job they do. Forgive me if I have inadvertently contributed to any of your heartburn. This is a great place to spend time, and I wouldn't knowingly do anything to make it less so.

I hope I don't sound like Captain Obvious here, but I will make just one observation about the nature of things political: It is really, really, hard to avoid them. I will do my best, and I hope others will as well. Like all laws and rules, this one will require willing compliance by us if it is to work. Let's all try to step clear not only of the big national political issues, but also of the sometimes more provincial ones - like the wisdom or folly of policies related to many activities that directly affect lots of C-Brats. We should all revisit our high school English Comp classes and stick to expository prose regarding public policy on fishing, crabbing, clamming, whale watching, hunting, ethanol in gasoline, marine parks, logging practices, land development, air or water quality, natural habitat management . . . . For my part, I promise to do my best not to editorialize.
 
Dreamer":3b10zejq said:
Does the Single or Twins controversy count as politics? It gets pretty heated at times!
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If Single/Twin controversy passes muster, then I feel we should be permitted to mine the depths of which color goes fastest, too. (Tho that is settled science -- red is clearly faster). :D

Thanks, Moderator, for nixing the politics. The site is, and will remain, a better place due to the 'rule'. :thup
 
I too am disappointed that this community of friends has decided to consider certain topics as taboo, but I will certainly conform. It seemed to me that as long as it was confined to a particular sub-forum ("That's Life") there was nothing to complain about......but so be it.

Now I have a request. The old saying is "no politics or religion at the dinner table". So now that we have forbidden politics, I'd like to request we drop the other shoe and forbid religious references. No more "this sunset is gorgeous...isn't God marvelous". No more presumption of Christianity implied by uttering the various forms of bless this and bless that, and especially "bless you" since I am not interested in being blessed by others using their god.

BTW, I presume there will be folks who object to my words. All I have to say is that if you read thru all my posts that touch either politics or religion, I am never the first one to mention the subject. All my posts are in response to what others have already said. They broach the taboo subjects of politics and religion, not me. Furthermore, I notice a pattern in how such threads begin. Many of them, perhaps even most of them, are started by the very people who often object to political subjects on this site.
 
A brief comment saying "Isn't God marvelous" is really the same as bringing a discussion of God and arguing theistic reasons for existence up at a dinner table and proselytizing? A comment such as that is so innocuous it is really interesting that there would be those upset by it... I think you are trolling - which I think we should frown upon on this board. I might be wrong, and if so I apologize in advance. Or you are making a subtle point on what happens when you start restricting speech.

But, as I noted in the "political" postings that were taken down (or I just can't find them), we have become a society that dislikes free speech. When we look at the control we have provided tech companies with "selecting" what speech to allow and what to not allow, we are on a slippery slope. The goal these days is to shut down speech that one doesn't like, disagrees with, or believes is factually untrue (IE we can have 4 years of conspiracy on how the Russians and Trump colluded to "steel" 2016 election, but when Trump says the same all his supports are de-platformed across the board.) And we can see where it goes...

If we can't even tolerate different point of views - even if we think it is completely wrong - then it is hard to see how we don't continue to devolve down into separate factions with an eventual violent outcome. Sad.

I was always a firm believer in " I may not agree with what you said, but I will defend your right to say it. " Odd.

No politics.
No religion.
Why not no jokes? Why not eliminate this entire area? Some of those likely upset people for sure...
Slippery slope....

Really, what might be best if the "that's life" area doesn't show up when you click on "new messages". that way no one would be triggered by a "Trump sucks" or "Biden sucks" subject line. You can go there if you are really interested in what others are posting in subject areas outside of c-dory boating...

No twin vs single debate also... :)
 
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