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Any chance of banning hot topics
quarterback:
--- Quote from: Crazy Cooter on April 17, 2005, 12:03:59 am ---Everything else is just that: Everything else.
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tommy:
I see no need in splitting up the EE , whats so hard about not reading a thread if its not what your looking for in a topic.
GGKoul:
--- Quote from: tommy on April 17, 2005, 01:50:58 am ---I see no need in splitting up the EE , whats so hard about not reading a thread if its not what your looking for in a topic.
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Thats appears to be too hard for people... ;D
APFelon:
Not difficult at all.
Let's say you are a die hard Democrat and you flip on your digital cable and hit "channel menu". And let's say that 80% of the titles of programs bash Democrats, Clinton, Kerry Pelosi, Reid, and the rest of the Democrat heirarchy.
OR, let's say that you are a die hard Republican, and all of the titles of the programs bash Reagan, W, etc, etc, etc...
How long would it take you do complain to the cable company or cancel your cable subscription outright, despite the fact that you never watch the programs?
Look, in my initial response (with much verbal flare and dramatization because that's what I do) all I was advocating was precisely what has come to congeal with an opinion poll and debate on this very thread: Split off the EE forum from political hot topics and create a subforum dedicated to it.
And I don't quite understand why such debate has raged around the idea, frankly. In the simplist terms, we get a new forum dedicated to elephants versus donkeys and the endless rantings of creationists and Darwinists, Euro opinions on US foreign policies and a slimy pit where abortion is discussed... and EE is reserved for goofy crap we spot on the Internet or whatever (as it used to be).
AND, for those of us who won't visit the new forum at all (me), we won't have to deal with that nagging voice in the back of our heads when we answer technical questions (IE he is wondering how coin mechs work, but he believes that an alien spaceship is coming to take him away to a promised planet... should I even bother answering this guy when he is clearly out of his mind?)
OR, if someone doesn't agree with me for some view of some sort... do you think HE would bother answering my questions if he knew of the beliefs I held?
Grudges last, hard feelings remain and vendettas for some are eternal.
I say lop that forum in half with something REALLY heavy and let the kids play that roped off area.
Or at LEAST dedicate the EE forum for debates of political and philosophical nature and move all of the fun/fluff to the Misc. subforum. This forum is old enough to consider that a big population may call for stronger modding and topic isolation.
APf
APFelon:
Oh, and Peale- I don't understand why I would be insulted by his comments, either.
--- Quote ---THIS POST IS RIDICULOUS.
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He dismissed my ideas outright with a rude statement.
--- Quote ---Just because you do not have the ability to control your impulsive reactions does not warrant an overhaul of what is obviously a popular forum in which many individuals frequent and are doing little harm.
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Insinuated that Monkey and I have no self control.
--- Quote ---The solution is easy and attacking individuals or groups who post in this forum because you don't like the subject matter is appalling and in my opinion immature.
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And we are immature.
--- Quote ---You have just illustrated the ugly side perfectly with your comments.
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Implied that I embody the ugliness on this forum with my comments, which were simply suggestions and opinions.
--- Quote ---I would understand your frustration if the remaining forums were crawling with off subject ravings but this is rarely the case so grow up or shut up.
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And my opinions didn't fly, so he told me to shut up.
How on EARTH could I have been insulted by that? ::)
APf
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