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Originally Posted by Méo
That would be so nice!
I'd be curious to know the reason why Neal refuse it ?  ? |
The reason is that, despite what a few members seem to believe, SubSim is not a political forum. While political discussion is tollerated, it is clearly stated that topic spamming is discouraged. Creating a sub-forum dedicated soley to politics would not only encourage the type of topic spamming that we are trying to avoid, it also would mark a change in the direction of SubSim; away from being a website dedicated to naval combat simulations, as well as military history, video games in general and computer hardware by direct association, to a site explicitly dealing with social and political issues. Since the political is off topic in relation to the purpose of the website, it is placed in General Topics along with other off-topic posts. Creating a forum specific to politics would be an overt endorsement of political speech that I believe the site owner would like to avoid. It is not by accident that General Topics is listed towards the bottom of the board.
In short, Neal has said repeatedly that while some political discourse is acceptable, SubSim is not the place for political 'campaigning', as it were. Members are reminded that there are a plethora of sites that cater to those sensibilites, and are encouraged to use one of them if that is his intent.