Re: Politics Forum?
I wouldn't like to see a separate political forum for this reason:<br /><br />I have seen other political forums (fora?) that come up as search results, and my observation is they come in two flavors:<br />1. Everybody thinks the same, so you never hear other perspectives or opinions.<br />2. They are full of hate & personal insults.<br /><br />I fear an iboats politicoforum would become one or the other, and neither appeals to me.<br /><br />Docksidechat debates historically are civil enough. We represent every region of the US & bits of Canada, plus Europe, Australia & even parts of the African continent. I get points of view, opinions, sides of issues I would never have thought of. Links to sources of information I didn't know about. My opinion has been influenced by comments I read here.<br /><br />I fear that if political posts are moved to a separate forum, those discussions will lose the diversity of thought and experience of participants who might otherwise have contributed.<br /><br />Feel free to agree, disagree, debate, debunk or ridicule anything I type, but you don't have to question my motives. You don't have to tell me I don't care about America. You don't have to label me a winger (left- or right-). You get the picture.