the political correctness and do gooders have gone too far

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Originally Posted by Chucaro

Yes you mention the policy which is a political issue and is a justification to mention why it is introduce and why should not be introduce outside of any macroeconomic reasons, as an example perhaps a honored or broke promise.
Hoe you like to debate the pension issue, Yes I am in favor or Not I am not in favor?
May as well do not debate it :)

The forum rules said:
5b) NO POLITICAL DEBATE / DISCUSSION IN THE MAIN FORUM AREAS PLEASE

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Discussing a policy is just current affairs, nothing more - discussing how and why a party introduced that policy is the political bit.

You just need to distinguish between them. If you can't leave the political aspect out of it, then maybe you shouldn't be commenting on it.

Back to the pension example, you can discuss a whole lot more than yes or no. Things like an ageing population, people living longer, etc can all be discussed without politics coming anywhere near it.:).

Sounds great. Like the worlds most boring episode of Q&A...

Just kidding :)

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Originally Posted by akelly

Sounds great. Like the worlds most boring episode of Q&A...

Just kidding :)

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Yes, well I'll take that as a Comment and move on.............;)

No one is stopping anyone from talking about politics

You just need to find yourself another forum to do it on :)

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Originally Posted by dullbird

No one is stopping anyone from talking about politics

You just need to find yourself another forum to do it on :)

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Thank you, I was start thinking that I was going bongos! :)
For that reason I put the rule and the link in my post.
For the replies that I have seems to me that many posters are going to walk in the "edge of the knife" regarding what it is and what it is not politics :)

Just flicking back through this thread, it's instructive that it's considered OK to suggest that Norrie should be raped in prison, or that TV people are undercover child molesters, but NOT OK to talk about politics.

Weird, huh?

I say we blame Roverlord! He started all this!!!!:p

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Originally Posted by akelly

Just flicking back through this thread, it's instructive that it's considered OK to suggest that Norrie should be raped in prison, or that TV people are undercover child molesters, but NOT OK to talk about politics.

Weird, huh?

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Spare a thought for Inc and the moderators team, which option they have left, get ride of the General Chat forum?
Believe me, been a moderator or admin it is not easy ;)

I'm not having a crack at the mods or Inc - it's a tough gig and I'm not cut out for that sort of thing. I just think it's interesting what we do and don't find acceptable, as a group. Some of this stuff in this thread I would categorise as borderline hate speech, but others think it's ok. Some of the things I bang on about are acceptable to me but offensive to others. My point is that politics is where the line is drawn, and I find that both weird and instructive.

What happened to the rule about Politics and Religion??
Not complaining, or having a go, I just thought there were "Rules".......?