Quote:
Originally Posted by happy_terd
Political threads on this site go like this:
cut and paste or youtube video initial post (never one's own original thoughts on a matter)
side A: America is doing it wrong
side B: SCREW YOU
side A: No screw you
Side B: (long paragraph no one reads)
side A: (15 quotes on a single post that are too confusing to read)
Side A and Side B: (2 pages of personal attacks)
mod: settle down
Side A: (Cut and paste from wikipedia)
Side B: Screw you
mod: final warning guys
Side A and M together: WAAAAA
mod: thread closed
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We all are prejudiced, some of us are more, others less. Discussions in such an international board like MobileRead *can* help to reduce our prejudices. Sometimes it does work, sometimes not. It's not only a question of being prejudiced, it's also a question how other posters will react. Adding a imaginary "in my humbled opinion" to a post made by another user often helps to prevent overreactions.
Anyway, political and religious discussions are more prone to turning into flamewars than many other topics and MobileRead (even the Lounge) is the wrong place for such "Nation/country X is doing Y wrong" discussions
imho. One (if not the main) intention of MobileRead is to be place where people can discuss reading and eBook related topics in an friendly and relaxed atmosphere or have some fun in the Lounge. Political and religious topics don't go well with that intention
imho.
Anyway, i guess you could need some more sugar today:
http://viacomit.net/2008/11/14/do-you-like-lips/ 