Thread: Should The Politics and Religion (P&R) Forums be Opt-In?

Originally Posted by BaileyTheBest

Might as well make it opt in. Hell, I'm surprised we haven't gotten P&R shut down with all the personal attacks and things of the like thrown around in there!

Shut up, lefty.

Originally Posted by frauschieze

I would like to see this statistically broken down. I believe there to be gross miscalculations used to come to this conclusion.

Hey, I was a History Major. I don't do Math very well at all. I am entirely capable of gross miscalculations...

As to the actual Topic, I really think we have a solid consensus here in favor of Opt-In now, FWIW.

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

Shut up, lefty.

I don't consider being called lefty an insult at all!

Now if you called me righty...

Originally Posted by BaileyTheBest

Might as well make it opt in. Hell, I'm surprised we haven't gotten P&R shut down with all the personal attacks and things of the like thrown around in there!

Shhhhhhh

Originally Posted by Dreadnought

Hey, I was a History Major. I don't do Math very well at all. I am entirely capable of gross miscalculations...

As to the actual Topic, I really think we have a solid consensus here in favor of Opt-In now, FWIW.

98% of statistics are made up on the spot.

Originally Posted by broncos_mtnman

98% of statistics are made up on the spot.

I'll double that!

Well, I don't really care. But if it is moved to opt-in I must insist that no one post naked pics of Ann C. I don't think I could take it.

I don't mind either way. The only thing I care about as far as politics go is that it is not carried out of that arena. A bit of rivalry over ideas is never harmful; it's usually enlightening, in fact. What is harmful, though, is when you carry that rivalry into other topics. I'd compare it to a relationship where one party screwed up the dishes. Talk about it when you do the dishes the next time; don't talk about it when you're shopping for shoes and make a big scene of it. It's not only unnecessary and out of place, it's incredibly awkward for everyone else having to listen to two people yell at each other about dishes in a shoe store.

Originally Posted by NameUsedBefore

I don't mind either way. The only thing I care about as far as politics go is that it is not carried out of that arena. A bit of rivalry over ideas is never harmful; it's usually enlightening, in fact. What is harmful, though, is when you carry that rivalry into other topics. I'd compare it to a relationship where one party screwed up the dishes. Talk about it when you do the dishes the next time; don't talk about it when you're shopping for shoes and make a big scene of it. It's not only unnecessary and out of place, it's incredibly awkward for everyone else having to listen to two people yell at each other about dishes in a shoe store.

Well, it wouldn't have been an issue at all if you'd done the damn dishes to begin with.

Originally Posted by NameUsedBefore

I don't mind either way. The only thing I care about as far as politics go is that it is not carried out of that arena. A bit of rivalry over ideas is never harmful; it's usually enlightening, in fact. What is harmful, though, is when you carry that rivalry into other topics. I'd compare it to a relationship where one party screwed up the dishes. Talk about it when you do the dishes the next time; don't talk about it when you're shopping for shoes and make a big scene of it. It's not only unnecessary and out of place, it's incredibly awkward for everyone else having to listen to two people yell at each other about dishes in a shoe store.

I agree with LT, if you did the dishes right in the first place...

Seriously, you make an excellent point. It's a little off topic for this thread, BUT an excellant point and everyone should work harder about not allowing P&R differences to spill into other areas.

Originally Posted by Tned

I have had a number of suggestions over the months for P&R to be opt in. Some people would rather not see Religious or Political threads popping up when they click "New Posts", as they don't want to be involved in those discussions, but feel drawn in when the threads show up.

Further, the case has been made that sometimes people intentionally title their P&R threads (especially Politics) to take shots at those with opposing views, so even people that don't go into the thread, have to deal with inflammatory thread titles/subjects showing up when they click "New Posts".

Why should we pander to those who have to have someone else hold their hand while they pee?

Personally, I can't see any downside to making P&R opt in

As there is no real downside (other than search engines will not catalog the posts) in making P & R opt in, based on the feedback I have received here, I will make Politics and Religon to seperate opt in forums. I'll get it done sometime this week. Not sure exactly when.

Thanks for the feedback.

Thanks, Tned. Could you post a general message once you have done this? I may forget to opt-in.

Originally Posted by BroncoJoe

Thanks, Tned. Could you post a general message once you have done this? I may forget to opt-in.

Yes, I will. I'll also create a general post that explains the various opt-in forums, how they work and what they are that new members can read.