Why is it that when you lose something it makes you miss it more. I really miss the political threads. I really want to talk about how funny this years election is going to be. I mean politics is apart of everyday life. It's hard not to talk about certain issues. Do you guys miss it? :typing:

No. It did nothing but make enemies out of online friends. I have seen it happen on SO between several members and it is very sad. When I first saw some other boards with policies against political discussion, I thought that was too strict. I was wrong and now I can see why they prohibit it.

In a way, yes, and in a way, no.

That is a shame that people let it get so out of hand. :nonono:

i dont get how it could have broken friendships. i never saw it happen.

Not really, because I hardly ever went there.

Originally posted by MonarC
That is a shame that people let it get so out of hand. :nonono:

It's hard to keep a political discussion civil, especially now with the nation divided and a Presidential election 6 months away(geez... I can remember the 2000 election like it was yesterday, time flies!)

Yeah this is the peek of discussion about the election.

I miss it some. I think if the problems had been dealt with properly, we could still have it. I think fighting over issues is fine, but some people feel the need to engage in personal attacking, which is not fine. If problem members with their personal attacking had been dealt with instead of letting them terrorize the other members, the board would not have been so explosive.

i agree. isn't that what moderators are for?

I miss it. Too bad some members had to resort to personal attacks instead of debating the issues.

It was a great place to go to get information, but it was sad that it got a little too crazy.:( I miss it, though.

Originally posted by Fleet
I miss it. Too bad some members had to resort to personal attacks instead of debating the issues.

Aww, now come on Fleet. TJ's politics board basically had only American opinions (and maybe a few Canadian ones ;) ) and that was it.

However, there is a great politics board that has a much more world wide opinion on it. I think it's much better.

It is Pravda.ru (http://engforum.pravda.ru/index.php3) and it's a good website. I was fighting with some Jordanian guy a few weeks ago.

Check it out! ;)

Yes, very much so. I especially miss the debates over gay marriage. That was quite interesting.

Originally posted by Jenya
Aww, now come on Fleet. TJ's politics board basically had only American opinions (and maybe a few Canadian ones ;) ) and that was it.

However, there is a great politics board that has a much more world wide opinion on it. I think it's much better.

It is Pravda.ru (http://engforum.pravda.ru/index.php3) and it's a good website. I was fighting with some Jordanian guy a few weeks ago.

Check it out! ;)

There aren't too many people from other countries here at SO, period.

Nope, don't miss it. :D

Originally posted by Brent88
There aren't too many people from other countries here at SO, period.

I know.

Pravda's website has more International members. It's actually more fun to post in for politics, because It's more of a challenge for your arguements. ;)

Originally posted by Jenya
Aww, now come on Fleet. TJ's politics board basically had only American opinions (and maybe a few Canadian ones ;) ) and that was it.

However, there is a great politics board that has a much more world wide opinion on it. I think it's much better.

It is Pravda.ru (http://engforum.pravda.ru/index.php3) and it's a good website. I was fighting with some Jordanian guy a few weeks ago.

Check it out! ;)
Regardless of how many and where the members lived, no one should be the victim of personal attacks.

I will check out the website you posted; looks interesting.

Originally posted by FamilyTiesGOP
I think if the problems had been dealt with properly, we could still have it. I think fighting over issues is fine, but some people feel the need to engage in personal attacking, which is not fine. If problem members with their personal attacking had been dealt with instead of letting them terrorize the other members, the board would not have been so explosive.

I totally agree. The personal attacks got WAY out of hand. I liked having the discussions, and some of them were quite civil. But certain people on this board felt the need to discredit anyone who did not agree with them and the personal attacks were bad. I should know, it happened to me. I handeled it by putting the person on my ignore list. It works and now I don't have any discussions AT ALL with that person.

If people would have stuck to debating politics or discussing issues it would have been fine, but I agree with TJ for closing it because there were one too many bullies trying to take over there.

D

No, I don't miss it at all. Whiners, such as Ags and Fleet, made it very uninteresting.