OT: Politics

RamsHead · #1 May 11th, 2007, 05:53 PM

Since there is some political discussion in another thread that has nothing to do with politics, I thought I would make a place where people could talk politics without going off topic in other threads.

Cor · #2 May 11th, 2007, 06:03 PM

Perhaps that is not such a good idea. Tends to end up with a fight.

Teraswaerto · #3 May 11th, 2007, 06:05 PM

What "another thread"?

RamsHead · #4 May 11th, 2007, 06:11 PM

Cor: Hopefully that will not happen.

Teraswaerto: The Encouragement thread.

Gandalf Parker · #5 May 11th, 2007, 06:12 PM

Actually, there is a Shrapnel General forum for such things. It would be nice if people moved around abit on the Shrapnel site

RamsHead · #6 May 11th, 2007, 06:17 PM

Well, I think I remember Dominions 2 having such a thread, so I didn't think it would be that big a problem.

atul · #7 May 11th, 2007, 06:22 PM

Dominions2 forum had such a thread, but it was locked and deleted. Some highlights included one then-active poster telling me I would be better off six feet under and other hilarities. So we might want to steer away from politics.

Re: the conversation in the other thread, I got the impression it was just some people from the states throwing jokes about themselves and their countrymen, then other people from US misunderstanding the jokes to be slander and taking (sort of) offense. But YMMV.

RamsHead · #8 May 11th, 2007, 06:29 PM

If people don't want to post in here, they don't have to. This is just a thread for those who happen to want to talk about politics. If people start throwing around personal insults, then Shrapnel has every right to lock/delete this thread.

Morkilus · #9 May 11th, 2007, 06:33 PM

The Dominions forum (the only place I look) tends to have many more Europeans than the rest of the boards. I remember talking politics in the GD forum, usually about guns and 9/11, but only the Americans were chipping in.

Foodstamp · #10 May 11th, 2007, 07:12 PM

Gun control and the 911 terrorist attacks are an American issue, I am not surprised Americans were the ones chipping in.

Politic arguments spiral downward pretty fast. This is because neither side is totally right or wrong, and both sides value the love of their party, form of government etc. over the truth or statistics.

Rather than prescribe to a political party, or preach the merits of a particular type of government, I find it is best to look inward, know what you feel to be right or wrong and let that be your guide as far as what is good or bad legislation. Sometimes it can be difficult, because it can be hard to identify who is pulling the strings, but anytime a politician opens their mouth, just question to yourself what their true motives probably are. Doing so, you can figure out what is really going on most the time.

There is an art to taking the lies that come out of one side's mouth, and the lies that come out of the other, then using those two lies to identify the truth.