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Originally Posted by wizwor
Thanks. Don't recall reading that thread, but I suspect I checked out after the first couple posts. Same problem from the other side...except, maybe, that this was a good topic that was hijacked. No matter, the mods have a selectively enforced policy which, if enforced 100%, would make these forums more attractive to people who are more interested in ereaders and the stuff that goes on them than pop news.
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The purpose of the rules isn't "keep all the discussion focused on ereaders." Discussions that get too far from ereaders get thrown in the lounge, but there's no attempt to avoid those conversations, just to keep them from being in the way of the ereader and ebook discussions.
The politics-and-religion posts being isolated is to avoid flamewars, not to avoid those subjects. Topics that hit close to the line without devolving into bickering are allowed--in part, because ebooks *is* a political topic; copyright and other business laws are a notable part of how ebooks work. Noting which political factions favor or disfavor ebooks, or copyright laws, or international business, or new technology, is relevant to the interests of a lot of people at Mobileread.
Reacting to the "fox news" part of the post isn't different from the anti-piracy crowd sneering at posts by techdirt. Acknowledging the biases in the news sources is part of staying informed about ereaders and ebooks.
(Yes, it would be nice to talk more about the issue of "when's the best time to buy this emerging technology?" But that doesn't mean the political edge of the conversation is wrong or off-topic.)