Ethanjt21 | 17 May 2015 5:46 p.m. PST |
Because some people can't exercise the tiny amount of respect and restraint needed to not be a jerk. |
gamertom | 17 May 2015 5:50 p.m. PST |
It has to do with horses and water. |
D6 Junkie | 17 May 2015 6:10 p.m. PST |
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Mardaddy | 17 May 2015 6:18 p.m. PST |
I really cannot weigh in properly, as I have had the Moderns board shut off for a long time to prevent exposure. I do check the Doghouse every so often, maybe three times a week. While there are still people getting placed there for politics and religion; it is not what it used to be… So (with the aforementioned admission) it *seems* to be working. |
doc mcb | 17 May 2015 6:27 p.m. PST |
I think it is working. Conservatives seem to predominate the way lefties predominated on the old CA board, but there are several sharp leftists who speak out, and some others of indeterminate ideology. We have had some good debates. |
Editor in Chief Bill | 17 May 2015 6:30 p.m. PST |
I don't think it's failing, Don. |
Rebelyell2006 | 17 May 2015 6:45 p.m. PST |
It just slips in on the Ultramoderns, but Bill is catching it after it happens. No way to prevent it. But I think the TMP Talk stuff is more of a discussion on what constitutes politics and religion in terms of TMP posting rules. |
John the OFM | 17 May 2015 7:06 p.m. PST |
Because the entire idea of "confining" politics or religion to anywhere is a flawed concept, if EVERYBODY who does it back on TMP is not punished. None of this nonsense of "waiting until somebody complains". A blind bat can tell that there is no even enforcement of the Rules on TMP. Waiting until somebody complains, and then having a private conversation with the most egregious where they cross their heart etc. Who are you kidding, Dear Editor? you punish those who respond the the instigator and let the instigator off with "I talked to him". Don Kyoteblue, give up your fruitless quest. You will NEVER get what you want to see. You are only making yourself look foolish. It is not possible. |
Mardaddy | 17 May 2015 7:21 p.m. PST |
I've made a life out of looking foolish. Ask my kids, they'll confirm it. |
Dn Jackson | 17 May 2015 8:28 p.m. PST |
"Then why are politics and religion on TMP Talk and the Ultra Modern board and not The Blue Fez ???" Because only a couple of people who like to tell everyone else what they can and can't talk about care? The rest of us have polite discussions and occasional disagreements that often include politics. After all war is politics by other means. |
Cyrus the Great | 17 May 2015 9:46 p.m. PST |
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Rod I Robertson | 17 May 2015 10:16 p.m. PST |
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Mako11 | 17 May 2015 11:28 p.m. PST |
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GarrisonMiniatures | 18 May 2015 1:59 a.m. PST |
There was an ad in the UK a few years for one of the parties – can't remember which one – where someone said they didn't talk about politics. Then the ad went on to demonstrate that, basically, everything was politics… |
Murphy | 18 May 2015 5:00 a.m. PST |
And because some of the folks who keep starting threads on issues that belong in the blue fez, keep refusing to take it to the blue fez…. It's not that hard really…. |
John Treadaway | 18 May 2015 5:36 a.m. PST |
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Murphy | 18 May 2015 7:25 a.m. PST |
So why didn't it work ???? A quick check of the Fez, shows that it is working. Just because you aren't a member of it, or don't post over there, doesn't mean that it's failing. It means that you haven't simply followed your own line of questioning…. *shrug* |
Winston Smith | 18 May 2015 9:54 a.m. PST |
And because some of the folks who keep starting threads on issues that belong in the blue fez, keep refusing to take it to the blue fez….It's not that hard really….
Exactly. It's like expecting the lunatic Napoleonic discussers to keep their nonsense on Napoleonic Discussion and not polute the Napoleonic History Board. It didn't work for that and it's not working for the Fez. The Fez is working fine for those who like it and go there. So did Current Affairs, Wargamers and Religion. If I do not choose to use a hammer to pound a nail, it does not mean that the hammer isn't working. |
Martin Rapier | 18 May 2015 1:19 p.m. PST |
I went there and it seemed to be full of nutjobs. I have better things to do with my time. |
jdpintex | 18 May 2015 4:24 p.m. PST |
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EagleSixFive | 19 May 2015 3:35 a.m. PST |
Because people forget its there? |
doc mcb | 19 May 2015 11:58 a.m. PST |
So where does, say, a discussion of whether to keep the Warthog belong? Blue Fez? Well, it is certainly a hot political issue. But it is also directly and obviously relevant to the ultra-modern board. |