Political/Religious Stuff, Just what we need. Another thread. Options

[Howard]

Ok, after not such careful review of the recently closed threads, Admin seems to close them when they become bigoted or downright nasty. I'll bet that was the case with some of Alfred's stuff, though I didn't get to read much.

IMHO. Don't see a liberal or conservative trend on the closures. If you do, you may be over sensitive. The avatars, within limits, are personal expressions, and the adult stuff should be labeled as such. No problems here.

Insults with smileys are great, especially if they are clever (thank you, Slits). But I am sick of hearing how all the problems of the world are caused by rag heads, spics, beaners, niggers, wops, chinks, and slopes. Take it from a kike, I've been on the receiving end and it sucks.

We have Latino members. Someone wanna explain to them why they are responsible for the new smog laws? Or how a Christian who bombs innocents in the name of God is better than a Muslim who does the same?

Going to dinner and a movie (not F911) now.

[campbellcj]

Honestly I DO enjoy a good blatantly OT discussion sometimes. There are a lot of highly-educated, articulate, and opinionated (DUH!) people amongst the p-car community.

The Pelican board has a rather active and lively OT area and has "mostly" managed to train the users to post any non-P stuff on that sub-board. Those that break the rules will often find their posts "moved" almost instantly and learn from that experience (except Alfred). The Pelican OT board actually has had many posts that contained valuable and enlightening info that I have enjoyed seeing, even in cases where I may not have agreed with all of the content.

I'm not saying that this board also needs/wants an OT discussion board as the Pelican one is more than plenty for my free time available for such things, but I definitely agree that COMPLETELY OT/POLITICAL/RELIGIOUS discussions DON'T belong on our main 914 technical board! If I am in the mood to read OT content, I would rather select it by choice than have to wade thru it when I am really looking for something completely opposite!

So I'd prefer to either see a serious crackdown by the admins (sucks, I know) or a separate board that would be honored by the 914club family as the proper forum for OT threads...