Political discussions not welcome-Page 3| Off-Topic Discussion forum |

Osterkraut UltraDork
9/13/12 11:42 p.m.

Oh thank god. I was constantly forced against my will to click threads of a political nature while browsing GRM.

Jerry From LA Dork
9/14/12 4:04 a.m.

aircooled wrote: The separate sub-forum has been suggested, and is a good idea, but the owner of the board does not want to go there, likes to keep it simple.

Again, the problem is not political threads. Many threads start out completely benign and result in jingoistic mud-slinging. Some of the most innocuous topics have gone tango uniform because some people can't keep a lid on it for five berkeleying minutes. Civility goes right down the drain and makes for a hostile environment. Enough already. Can we either stay on topic or at least go back to the deft, artful, humorous threadjacking we all know and love?

Curmudgeon MegaDork
9/14/12 8:10 a.m.

That's what RX7Club does; they have a sub forum called DoO (Difference of Opinion) that's not accessible unless you ask to be admitted.

Mental PowerDork
9/14/12 1:54 p.m.

I couldn't love GRM the magazine or the website more, and believe me, I don't like to be the P.C police or anything or the guy who has a problem with everything thing, but I do have a problem with this... I find it a bit offensive that you use terms like "political", "discussion" etc etc... for your little descriptions or whatever in the land of cyberspace. I myself do not have political opinions, nor am I an internet stud like Dave Hardy, but I feel sensitivity for people with political needs as I am especially needy, and my Facebook friends posts are littered with comments on the topic.

These terms although I'm pretty sure are not even real words, are obviously meant to resemble the words used to describe people with webbed fingers and artificial testicles, and it appears that they are used on these boards in a joking sense which, as I view it, makes light of people who are politically challenged. It just doesn't seem right to me, that's all. I know that it's not my message board, and that no one forces me to post here, but all the same, some things are wrong when they really don't need to be.

Yeah that just happened! I am deployed (again) and we have been forced to not drink, so I am a bit snarky

AngryCorvair GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
9/14/12 3:46 p.m.

keep your head down, Mental! and how dare you state something so blatantly political as "I am deployed (again)". the banhammer, she is mighty.

DILYSI Dave MegaDork
9/14/12 3:47 p.m.

Yeah! Way to flounder the place up shiny happy person.

Mental PowerDork
9/14/12 3:53 p.m.

AngryCorvair wrote: keep your head down, Mental! and how dare you state something so blatantly political as "I am deployed (again)". the banhammer, she is mighty.

Don't feel bad. I am deployed to Curacao in the Caribbean. I just got Open Water Scuba Certification and will complete my Advanced Open Water this coming Friday.

Now come December I am back in the suck, so I am enjoying what I can now.

The "deployed" statement has nothing to do with politics, just my career; which with these back to back deployments, is quickly approaching a close.

dculberson SuperDork
9/14/12 4:07 p.m.

Mental wrote: Don't feel bad. I am deployed to Curacao

Curacao has had a role in a lot of my "deployments," too.

Trans_Maro SuperDork
9/14/12 7:55 p.m.

Boy, it's sure great that we're not having any more political discussion in the off-topic area..

There's no :rolleyes to put here

Racer1ab HalfDork
9/16/12 11:22 a.m.

Can we just sticky this video whenever someone wants to discuss religion or politics?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5gr1p_Pp0U

poopshovel UltimaDork
9/17/12 5:57 p.m.

dculberson wrote:
Mental wrote: Don't feel bad. I am deployed to Curacao
Curacao has had a role in a lot of my "deployments," too.

I lawl'd.

slefain SuperDork
9/19/12 8:27 a.m.

http://www.politicsforum.org/

Knock yourselves out.

Curmudgeon MegaDork
9/19/12 12:43 p.m.

slefain wrote: http://www.politicsforum.org/ Knock yourselves out.

Dammit, they got forum rules there too.

DILYSI Dave MegaDork
9/19/12 1:07 p.m.

They also suck for answering which car you should buy.

N Sperlo PowerDork
9/19/12 1:19 p.m.

And their main board doesn't include any motorsports much less grassroots.

Sultan HalfDork
9/22/12 8:16 p.m.

Keith Tanner wrote: Yay. A safe haven.

Keith are you against un safe havens? I knew politics would covertly seep in! :-D

DaewooOfDeath Dork
10/3/12 5:53 a.m.

Bobzilla wrote: You know what else is not welcome? Rusty Daewoo's from the salt belt. No one wants to deal with those things.

How dare you?

Gasoline Dork
10/3/12 8:16 a.m.

I woke up wondering if "Darth Vader" would remodel things and put Car Elevators in the "Death Star"?

DukeOfUndersteer UltimaDork
10/3/12 2:49 p.m.

Who's ready for the debate tonight?

Toyman01 GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
10/3/12 3:22 p.m.

Everyone is going to be wasted before the 3rd question.

EastCoastMojo GRM+ Memberand UberDork
10/3/12 4:29 p.m.

I plan on being wasted before they get that far into it.

yamaha Dork
10/5/12 2:25 p.m.

Crap, I made the mistake of playing this with 151.....also, there was a debate? all I heard was Gangnam Style for some reason.....

bravenrace PowerDork
10/6/12 1:35 p.m.

Crap, I just checked this thread. I missed the drinking game. That would have been fun.

SVreX MegaDork
10/8/12 12:04 p.m.

No one on the planet would have survived that drinking game. The special rule about chugging until the host stops them when either candidate goes over their allowed time would have caused even the most die-hard drinker to fall into a coma they never came out of.