RFC: Make political discussion off-topic by rule (was: America ...)

[Fred]

On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 11:02 -0500, Ted Roche wrote:
...
> However, this is often the only networking channel many folks have, and 
> I don't mind the occasional digressions about "how 'bout them Sox?' or 
> 'looking for a job' or 'anyone want to buy an old snowmobile,' as long 
> as the level of chatter doesn't exceed the level of information. 
> Besides, once you start to filter, the slippery slope is steep: ham 
> radio is not off topic to some, but irrelevant to others. Free software 
> on non-free platforms may be impure to some.
> 
> Besides, it never hurts to get to know a little more about your 
> colleagues, even if it is just who to avoid <s>.
> 
> Another forum I belong to has actually created two email feeds, one of 
> which explicitly filters out [OT] posts. Some like political debate, 
> apparently, and 33,000 of the 51,000 messages posted to the list last 
> year were OT. Luckily, I only read the other 18,000.
> 
> Live and let live. OT. Free speech and free beer.

I like the Free Beer aspect.

I have a tendency to touch off nasty political debates. I will confine
all future debates of that nature elsewhere -- usually at a Cafe
somewhere.

I wish Cafes would also serve Beer, because bars are too smoky and
noisy. Then again, perhaps the same unsavory crowd would be attracted,
killing the advantage.

I wish the planet well. Well, it survived the dinosaurs; I suppose it'll
survive us silly humans as well.

And so, cheers <gulping down another slug of beer> to you all.

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