Should there be a separate "Political Discussions" forum?

[TenPercenter]

I love the "Other Topics" forums, but the political discussions are so spirited, should it have it's own forum?

Ten

[Zeno]

This has been brought up before by a number of people and most agree that a split would be useful.

-Zeno

[TenPercenter]

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This has been brought up before by a number of people and most agree that a split would be useful.

-Zeno

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I lean towards "split it." However, it is a poker site, and all other topics are secondary and should be in the Other Topics. But this forum is so heated with political discussions that they veil any other "Other" topics. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Ten

[moondogg]

God I hope so, so that we don't have to be badgered by you liberal wackos when most of us just want to know about Erostratus's sex life.

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[Zeno]

What was purposed previously was to have an "Other Topics' heading, then categories (slipping the Stock Market forum under Other Topics), Thus:

Other Topics

- All things political
- Sports
- Stock Market
- Everything Else

Titles could be massaged to get the best feel and consensus.


-Zeno

[Ray Zee]

we have a good group of posters here. i wonder if that might split them up and ruin alot of the dialoge. then we might end up with little drippels of posts around.

[Rick Nebiolo]

IMO this sub-forum should be open to all topics not related to poker or gambling (not counting the stock market forum). It's a service to a community of people with a common interest (poker/gambling) to show their other side if they care to do so. I'm just as interested in movies/books/politics/music etc but not so interested I want to view separate forums for each.

The problem right now now is the "News, Views, and Gossip" forum should be clearly labeled/titled "News, Views, Gossip About Gambling" so it doesn't get flooded with threads such as "Who's Your Favorite Porn Star" or "Anybody Smoke Cigars" which may be great topics but really belongs on this forum.

~ Rick

[TenPercenter]

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we have a good group of posters here. I wonder if that might split them up and ruin alot of the dialoge. then we might end up with little drippels of posts around.

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Could be. But I doubt it. There are far too many political posts here mixed in with the "other" topics. I honestly think that the non-political posts get lost in the cloud of flame throwers in this forum. It might intimidate other posters that don't want to get bombarded with negative remarks if they post something.

Ten.

p.s. ray, i love "drippels," i gotta add that to my list of sniglets. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Taxman]

I think once the election is through, the number of political posts will be reduced by a fair amount.

[cardcounter0]

I think there should be a seperate Brazilian Beach Volley Ball forum.