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| Should this forum have an off-topic section? |
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flamesong
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 Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:08 pm Post subject: Should this forum have an off-topic section? |
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There seems to be a growing intolerance of off-topic posts on this forum which to some extent is understandable. In order to prevent a culture of censorship from developing, I would like to suggest that the forum has an off-topic section where subjects not directly related to 9/11 can be discussed without fear of them being locked or deleted. If necessary, it can be a private forum visible only to forum members who are logged in.
Currently, there are hundreds of discussions taking place on this forum whose topics are not, strictly speaking, directly related to 9/11 but are tolerated because they are part of the wider panorama of the changing world we live in. There is a broad grey area between these topics and those which are claimed to be off-topic.
This is not a suggestion that this forum should tolerate anything which offends common decency such as racism or threats of violence but merely respects that we are individuals and that our varied interests are an asset to the campaign. |
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iro
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| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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good idea.
either that or directly link 'illusions' in a visible way so that everyone has a place to go to chill out and discuss other stuff |
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ian neal
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| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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Cool idea Flamesong.
Let's see what opinion is.
I for one vote in favour (on the understanding that it is an experiment and if experience teaches us it does not serve our purposes we reconsider). But your poll is unfair, in that the further guidance does not say '9/11 only'.
Have you read the about us section? It seems hardly anyone has and yet it should be the first place to visit |
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flamesong
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| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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| ian neal wrote: | | ...But your poll is unfair, in that the further guidance does not say '9/11 only'. |
Maybe, Ian. But my original post in this suggestion box made the point that topics which are not directly 9/11 related are often started in an inappropriate forum because people don't have an appropriate place to go. A lot of the stuff which allegedly meets this criteria (because it doesn't seem to be challenged) is, in my opinion, very grey. And much of what is challenged may be viewed by some as equally grey. If we are expected to play on a well marked pitch, then let us be absolute in how the rules are defined. Personally, I think that the damage caused by a discussion about vitimin B17 is infinitely less damaging than a discussion about holograms or cgi - yet the rules as currently laid out would permit the former not the latter. If one were to apply these guidelines, it would be permissible to attack Jon Ronson on his ethnic background because of his denial of 9/11 evidence - ergo some very useful publicity in today's Guardian!
| ian neal wrote: | | ...But your poll is unfair, in that the further guidance does not say '9/11 only'.Have you read the about us section? It seems hardly anyone has and yet it should be the first place to visit |
Actually, I haven't. Mainly because of a two week spell I spent as a member of the Labour Party in about 1985. I didn't like my definition of myself being overridden by the party's definition of itself. I do what I am capable of doing to pursue the truth about 9/11. I hope that will suffice. |
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