How so?Quote:
Originally Posted by gazzak
I like this thread and most others, but if someone gives me enough **** I'll give some back.
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How so?Quote:
Originally Posted by gazzak
I like this thread and most others, but if someone gives me enough **** I'll give some back.
I will not post in this thread. So there.
You promise? :devil: :thumbs2:Quote:
Originally Posted by WebHead
My Granddaddy told me years ago "Now boy don't you be like your Daddy! You never discuss politics, religion and University of Tennessee Football with folks because nuthin' good can come from it!"
My Dad WAS heavily involved in politics in Virginia in the 70's, 80's & early 90's (Republican Party, but he was/is a moderate more in line with John Warner than the err Biblepublicans of Pat & Jerry). Basically it was his job to convert folks from the old line VA Byrd Machine Dixicrat er...Democrat to the virtues of the GOP. This chore got a easier after Mills Godwin and then got downright a snap after Grits & Fritz. Imagine his horror when the fruit of his loins didn't quite grok his message. Heaven forbid that I would actually listen to the issues and not vote a straight party line - I actually came to this conclusion in '75 while in HS, so he couldn't blame it on them no good pansy, pinko, college communist!!!! :eek: Holy Moly I voted for John Anderson in '80! I did mollify him in '84 by voting for Ronnie, but then I went Libertarian on him and just ruined his day ;). Imagine his horror when we would sit down and talk and he found out that I was an independent thinking moderate whose views were very close to his. He still couldn't get over the Independent/Libertarian thing. It didn't matter what the issue was, or the party affiliation, you only voted GOP or Dem & you didn't split your vote! He finally accepted my way of thinking in '91 & eventually he now doesn't vote strict party line. We still talk long distance politics, but my Dad isn't active anymore and now he is of a much larger Libertarian bent. The funny thing is my wife & my Mom are just to the right of G. Gordon Liddy. My wife, who is a very, very smart lady, and I discuss issues and most of the time she falls straight on the GOP Platform (there are a couple of social issues she disagrees with though). Ironically her father was also active in VA politics and he was a poobah of the local Democratic Party in the 60's & 70's. My wife was the local leader of the Young Democrats in the 70's. She started leaning to the right in the mid-80's. One thing though...if you really want to get my wife pi$$ed all you have to do is mention Hillary Clinton and she will go ballistic. For some reason that she has never been able to 'splain she absolutely loathes HRC. Even funnier is that my 93 yr old Grandmother (Dad's Mom) is a Democrat. She has been that way since before FDR, but when you talk to her (she is still very lucid) her political leanings are a lot more Republican. She has spilt her ticket twice and that was when my Dad was running for local office in the 80's. Since then she votes straight party line - somethings are just thicker than family. :p
What the two who now say 'banned' next to them ? Jaxson & techs ?Quote:
Originally Posted by TripleRLtd
Hey Trip you've gone & started a trend ! :eek2:
Maybe somebody will do us all a favour & ban political topics too, least for a bit ..
This is very valid :thumbs: ... sadly as probably evidenced above, certain folks couldn't manage to distinguish that WotPP usuually is just playing on certain threads & manages the odd sneaky one here & there to hopefully lighten the mood a little (as of course I'm a major 'player'), but hijacking other unrelated threads to make political points (or in all fairness WotPP type stuff) isn't helping either those who would like to discuss rationally their points or other folks wishing to discuss other things ..Quote:
Originally Posted by imaeditedbysowulo
If that becomes the case, I'll be gone much longer next timeQuote:
Originally Posted by confus-ed
Which one: me being banned to cool off, or them? https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by confus-ed
But geesh: only two days? Trust me, it takes longer to cool off than that. They'll probably come back even more pi$$ed than they were before. https://forums.windrivers.com/
Ban political topic altogether? Nah: then you'd never visit the lounge.https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif
I got a kick out of Liddy's comments on the BATF. What caused your wife to change her views?Quote:
Originally Posted by Major Kong
Boy if your sick of Politics are you going to have a rough summer !!!!
Its your thread MR ! :p ... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by TripleRLtd
Maybe what we want is sort of two lounges, one for politics & religion & 'serious' stuff (so like the abortion debates, gay rights debates etc) where behaviour is more 'controlled' & another for all the other stuff where we can just be daft where we might not be so 'formal' ..?
I think, like many here, I'm just sick of every thread turning into why George should/shouldn't get re-elected no matter what it actually starts off about ..
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Originally Posted by TripleRLtd
Those two got banned? YES!!!
If they really want to discuss politics that much why don't they go to a political forum?Quote:
Originally Posted by confus-ed
Well ... yeah ! :D .. but techies might like politics too I guess, I do {or of course other 'deep' subjects}, just not every topic ! ;) - but what about the 'serious lounge' vs 'like it is lounge' idea ?Quote:
Originally Posted by emr
(This idea was in 'passing' but its 'growing on me' ;) - so anyone? what do you think ?)
Yeah I know its yet another forum, but we've got loads, like techtales etc that rarely get used, so I guess I'm back to re-jigging all the forum titles yet again ..
Works for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by confus-ed