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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
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once again, in both threads, I think we were behaving admirably well in comparison to some episodes in the past. I think that a) keeping new trolls out would have helped, b) judicious use of POST deletion and c) warnings to guilty parties, would have kept things much more in control
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And please don't think I don't agree about the "behaving admirably" part. I do think that for the most part in both threads it was demonstrated how "religion and politics"
can be discussed. If I can talk out of school for a moment, I'll say that, in the Star Chamber, my concerns about the subject and its likely progress early on were given (justly) contrary views by others who pointed out just how reasonable it was going (relevant individuals aside). In that I offer as personal excuse/reason my own abhorrence of conflict...it's why we have multiple views and personalities there, I guess.
I think a) is hard, and that b) and c) are good points in hindsight, and good points to consider in future. I might add a d) that leaves the option for thread closure of a
temporary kind when, let's say, a troll has successfully initiated heated mud-slinging generally, when people might not otherwise have done so (as Alex said in the last, perhaps time to sort things out, perhaps PM some warnings and "Settle" messages, and to let things cool a bit).
I know I'm a mod myself, but I should point out that all these views of mine in this thread are simply my own, and I'm not at all representing the views of any other moderator.
Cheers,
Marc