Posted by fayeroe on February 16, 2009, at 11:14:02
In reply to Re: Correction » fayeroe, posted by SLS on February 16, 2009, at 10:08:01
> Hi Fay.
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> > > Is it possible that the judgment of civility on the Politics board is somewhat provincial because it is adjudicated by Americans?
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> > I am not sure I understand you.
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> I guess what I was trying to say is that perhaps statements involving America are more heavily scrutinized for the sake of protecting Americans.I don't know about that. If you are talking about administration, I would have to say no. I can definitely say that if we disparage any country, we're usually asked to be sensitive.
If we are talking about someone who lives outside of the United States, it can create problems with posters who live here. Sometimes those posts do get a PBS..
I was just asking a question, really. I don't know if it is in any way true.
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> After reading your posts here, I don't think I have a good idea as to what you folks over at Politics discuss.We discuss current events. We also work to understand how events in history could have anything to do with us now.
An example of a thread could be a comparison between leaders of other countries. For instance discussing Howard and Bush and their ways of handling their country's problems. Since we don't live in a fairytale world we have tried to talk about the pros and the cons of different styles of leadership. That can get sticky because we're posting the facts (such as a news link) and we get into trouble because we might be hurting someone who believes differently. It would be nice if we knew who those people are.
Really, I don't understand this sudden flare-up concerning the Politics Board. It could be due to the face that we don't have many posters over there.It could be pretty boring to some posters. :-) I guess that quantity over quality might be behind it. I really don't know.
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> - Scott
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