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Ban Election/Politics Talk?

Old 08-04-2008 | 01:35 AM
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Ban Election/Politics Talk?

...I think we should ban it!

All it does is cause arguments that get locked, can't we just not talk about it here?
Old 08-04-2008 | 01:35 AM
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its impossible to stop it...people will always speak out
Old 08-04-2008 | 01:36 AM
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its easy to lock them
Old 08-04-2008 | 01:36 AM
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Maybe a temporary subsection, I dunno, pretty sure people would tempt fate even if it was banned.

Originally Posted by REIGN SS
its easy to lock them
This is truth.
Old 08-04-2008 | 01:37 AM
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what gets me is all this arguments and 2/3s of the people wont even vote
Old 08-04-2008 | 01:39 AM
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Ban em. If the sheeple can make up there own minds then they don't deserve to make threads about it.
Old 08-04-2008 | 01:39 AM
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...BTW Canadians can't vote in this poll, it has nothing to do with you!!
Old 08-04-2008 | 01:42 AM
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Another forum I was on had a special sub forum that was unmoderated. There was a warning that that particular section of the forum was unmoderated because of the lets just say explosive nature of the topic at hand.
Old 08-04-2008 | 01:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Tazmanian_Dvl
Another forum I was on had a special sub forum that was unmoderated. There was a warning that that particular section of the forum was unmoderated because of the lets just say explosive nature of the topic at hand.
Its called the dungeon.





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Old 08-04-2008 | 01:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Tazmanian_Dvl
Another forum I was on had a special sub forum that was unmoderated. There was a warning that that particular section of the forum was unmoderated because of the lets just say explosive nature of the topic at hand.
dear god no, I would hate to have a section like that here
Old 08-04-2008 | 01:43 AM
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The internet breeds an environment of uncivil behavior on every topic, and with an already touchy subject it is just no good.

I got banned from my jeep website because they disagreed in the school I chose and told them so. This place is a million times better than that. But when we get into election talk everyone becomes mean and it just turns into name calling because the poster of the original topic wanted everyone to agree with them and then other people start doing things regarding stats. what is one what isn't... etc.
Old 08-04-2008 | 01:46 AM
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Originally Posted by REIGN SS
dear god no, I would hate to have a section like that here
Hey it would take it out of your hands and that way issues could be resolved in that section of the forum. It actually worked out pretty well there...
Old 08-04-2008 | 01:48 AM
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it would just infest the rest of the forum, it wouldn't stay contained...
Old 08-04-2008 | 01:49 AM
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A large portion of the site has arrogant know it all kids. Things wouldn't just "work" themselves back into civility. You can count on it.
Old 08-04-2008 | 01:49 AM
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Originally Posted by REIGN SS
...BTW Canadians can't vote in this poll, it has nothing to do with you!!
I didn't vote in the poll, the last time I voted on something I elected a robot.
Old 08-04-2008 | 01:52 AM
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haha
Old 08-04-2008 | 01:56 AM
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Freedom of speech IMO.
Old 08-04-2008 | 01:57 AM
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private CAR forum...
Old 08-04-2008 | 02:01 AM
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private CAR forum...
huh?
Old 08-04-2008 | 02:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Red2.4SS
Freedom of speech IMO.
that **** doesn't exist here.
Old 08-04-2008 | 02:05 AM
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Originally Posted by DC52NV
that **** doesn't exist here.
:O what do you mean?!

Old 08-04-2008 | 02:06 AM
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I used to be a mod on overclock.net -- there were so many fights at one point in time, we banned political/religious discussion and directed all members to join those specific type of forums. I think it worked out for the best. We had to clean so many threads and shell out so many infractions.. People fight and literally kill each other over these topics.. This is a car enthusiast forum, keep the focus where it needs to be.
Old 08-04-2008 | 02:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr.N00bLaR
I used to be a mod on overclock.net -- there were so many fights at one point in time, we banned political/religious discussion and directed all members to join those specific type of forums. We had to clean so many threads and shell out so many infractions.. I think it worked out for the best. People fight and literally kill each other over these topics.. This is a car enthusiast forum, keep the focus where it needs to be.
This is like the most diverse forum ever though!
Old 08-04-2008 | 02:08 AM
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All they do is cause flaming.

I value everyone's opinion, but when everyone is so hard headed that they won't even try to listen to others opinions. It just makes everything difficult and keeps these great forums from being a friendly place to be.

I voted ban 'em
Old 08-04-2008 | 07:13 AM
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Ive seen this done at other car forums. The last one was a local forum, and the banning of political talk completely ruined that bored. People couldnt express their opinion. It went from a 250+ member board to about a 40 person board in the matter of 4 months.

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