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I get profiled every time I snap a railfan picture, yet they hand an entrance visa to a terrorist...
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<P mce_keep="true">[quote user="Murphy Siding"] <P> Fellas- here's a prime example of something that seems to be on people's radar on this forum.<BR><BR> Here is a thread that started with a very slim tie to railroads. It has now steered completely away from railroads, never to go back. So far, it has been civil. However, it just to that point where it will turn political, and then, right after that, it will probably shift right into name-calling ugly.<BR><BR> Here's your chance- If you were a VOLUNTEER, user/moderator on this forum, where would you go from here?<BR><BR>Consider the following:<BR><BR>*Some posters will report this on the Report Abuse button<BR>*It really is off-topic, and not about trains in the least<BR>*The thread now has political overtones, complete with hot-button issues<BR>*No matter what you do, someone will complain that you handled it wrong.<BR></P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>How do you know that the thread is at the point where it will turn political?</FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>To the extent that the thread drifts from the relationship between security and rail photography, and into the pure topic of security, I suppose you could say that the thread is off-topic.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, the pure topic of security is half the topic of the original post, so it does not seem unusual to bounce from one half the topic to the other during the discussion. </FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>How do you know that the thread has steered completely away from railroads, and will never go back? </FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>You said this thread now has "political overtones." </FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2>What are the political overtones in this thread?</FONT></SPAN></P>
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