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Popularity of politics?
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While most of the threads seem to rehashing much of the same material with a slightly different viewpoint, I must say it's nice to come on to the New Topics page and see Politics threads making up a large proportion of them.
Debate rages.
Debate rages.
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My attempt to concentrate the debate on one key issue (the moral arguments thread) descended pretty paridly into a condemnation of American policy in general which is exactly what I didn't want.........:(
But can you also see that by protesting against everything in the manner which you do, you lose all credibility when you want to protest against a valid point?
Clandestine I found something of yours. Where did I put it. *searches pants pockets.* Oh, here it is: your sense of humor.
:eek2:
If my credibility with you is in doubt, so be it. I won't lose any sleep over it.
Allow me to be mortally surprised, would you?
Charmed, I'm sure
One day we'll all change just to confuse you
Which is exactly why I like new contributers to the forum. As by now I pretty much have an overview on most people stances and general arguments for their ideas.
Occasionally I still manage to surprise people, as I'm sure that both Greenhat and Thanatos would tell you.
I must admit though to getting a little bored with topics after a while. We had a huge session on g*n control some time ago and it cost us a few posters. They got fed up with the circular arguments and seeing the same things said time and time again.
So much so that we try not to mention them anymore.
It's going to get like that over Iraq too. Especially with the huge proliferation of thread being started on the topic...
The other things is that it has become very difficult to debate "Local" issues now, because of the focus on the international. The past few weeks has seen many moves in the UK which would once have been debated here - yesterday's assylum ruling being one - and yet these topics soon disappear because many of our posters come from abroad now. As has been said here, it is difficult to get your countrymen interested in anything that isn't US centered...
See, I'm not here to impress or convince anyone. I see myself like Jimney Cricket. Just when someone thinks they're taking the high ground by marching for peace...I'm there to say: Saddam used you. He calle it an "Iraqi Victory." I also put my picture up on my postings and wrote my tag to say: this is me, deal with it.
One person could set a topic and we all have to find out a bit about it and then debate the issue........
At least it's a bit of excitement.