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<P mce_keep="true">[quote user="Murphy Siding"] <P>[quote user="Bucyrus"]<FONT size=3><FONT face=georgia,palatino>Above, I have mentioned the two possible levels of what might be considered to be politics.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>One would be the base level involving preference or criticism of political figures and how they stand on policies.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I would consider that to be politics, and if the thread went there, I would give a warning, and if it continued, I would lock the thread pursuant to the forum rules.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT>[/quote]<BR><BR> Thanks for the response. Do you feel that, in order to be considered *too much*, the political figures would have to be named by name? Is the mere use of derogatory names for a group of people that a poster dislikes, in a political context, considered to be over the line? (Think of the forums in your local newspaper, where posters hurl wellknown names to describe folks of a certain political mindset, and to belittle the oposition's opinions.)<BR><BR> What would you write in your warning? <BR><BR>-Norris<BR><BR> </P> <P>[/quote]</P> <P><FONT face=verdana,geneva>Well, linking policy positions to political figures would seem to be political all right.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Certain facts may be presented as political positions of named politicians as just matter of fact with no judgment as to the rightness or wrongness of the policy.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That would not seem to rise to the level of a politically debatable point.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>The use of derogatory names directed at politicians would be flaming, but the rules are not clear whether or not flaming is prohibited from being directed to anyone or just to other forum members in the thread.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There has been some mighty big flaming directed at people who run through activated grade crossings, even to the point of attracting chastisement from friends or relatives of grade crossing victims.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I would consider flaming to be prohibited, no matter whom it was directed at.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></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>I am not sure how derogatory names directed at political parties should be regarded in terms of the rules.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It seems like it should be considered political, and maybe even flaming, even though it is not directed at an individual.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But in any case, I think that name calling in a political argument is worthless.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I know the kind of forums you mention where people just throw barbs at each other.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s no wonder that some people consider politics so offensive when it is manifested at that name-calling, intransigent level.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><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></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><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>For warnings, I would just cite the rules.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But, as I have indicated, I think the rules could use some tighter definition.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P mce_keep="true"> </P> <P mce_keep="true"> </P>
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