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Old 05-09-2006, 04:13 PM
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The other side of the coin

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Originally Posted by Kuan
I know it's been discussed before, but I never had a coherent thought about it until now. Forget the whole freedom of speech and it's their board they can do what they want arguments. My reason why I don't like politics in OD is simply because it turns people off more than anything. Everyday it's the same old thing and the same people. I like to talk about things other than politics and about once a week I wonder if there were someone on Mercedesshop who shared the same interests as me, but maybe they don't read OD because it's such a politically charged forum.

So there. That's my take on it. There's no collective wisdom, no shared expertise but for a few on OD here. Yes there are other venues for talking Vedic math, XC skiing, canoeing, and chess, but nothing beats discovering a common interest among the people you already know.

Anyone want to join me?
I see your point Mr. Kuan, and do not dispute its validity, however, it might be that without politically-charged threads, OD would degenerate in both membership and quality, significanty reducing the pool of potential interest-mates. I'm not sure. You believe that the elimination of heated political topics will increase that pool, I believe the opposite is probably true. You may be right, I don't really know...

Last edited by GermanStar; 05-09-2006 at 04:48 PM.