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Originally Posted by JSWolf

But remember, if war does win, no political discussion in the book club forum. There's a separate forum for that. Sorry, MR rules.

Originally Posted by issybird

So, if a book about the American Revolution, say, were chosen, that means we couldn't discuss the political differences between the Patriots and the Loyalists? Or the Cavaliers and the Roundheads in the English Civil War?

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Every time I've read in a thread where there are some political or religious comments, one of the staff jumps in and says to take it to the P&R forum. So I cannot see why this would be any different as technically discussing politics is only allowed in P&R.

In such a scenario, the political differences between the Patriots and the Loyalists would be fair game for discussion. What would NOT be permitted would be to bring the discussion to bear upon current political situations and infusing it with partisan politics. Likewise in that other thread that was quoted above, it's fine to argue about the degree of influence the Judeo/Christian/Islamic Scriptures have had upon society, but taking sides, either pro or con, concerning the merits or claims of those Scriptures is P&R territory.