Politics and stuff

[Bruce Wayne]

As some of the longer term members know, we've had long-running discussions about the merits of political threads on GOT as they tend to result in disagreements and in-fighting amongst Blues.

They, and other similarly 'hot' topics, do tend to be discussed however, so we're going to trial putting them all into the upgraded member lounge, where moderation is more relaxed on account of it being primarily used by members who have shown a willingness to support the site.

Threads that will be put there include topics such as politics, religion, guns and so on. Any existing threads on these topics will be moved over to the upgraded lounge by Sunday evening.

 

[bring the ghost on]

After reading the entire thread I think @GrandOldTeam has the right idea with the suggestion to just place all politics stuff in a separate forum for that stuff with many warnings about what posters are walking into. I can understand the criticisms of @Bruce Wayne and that it must be a hassle to moderate those threads but I think the idea to place them in the UG forum isn't the right one. Either ban it all entirely or if the issue is with high-maintenance modding then lob it in there with instructions that only things like swearing are going to be removed.

So in short, can we please stop whinging and hitting report or name-calling if you don't agree with someone. Scroll down and get on with your day.

Well said.

 

[summerisle]

I see the Orgreave Inquiry thread has been dispatched to the ether. So here's a short film to watch if you wish before it melts like Klopp's supposed aura ; then we can all return to discussing days' of the week.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/forums/current-affairs.62/