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Originally Posted by Platapus
I am a big political interest guy. My interests are professional and academic. I love discussing politics! But honestly, I read the first 2-3 posts in a political thread and I can decide whether it is worth following.
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Well said, sums up many of my thoughts too. I'm mostly a reader, because I don't think I have enough knowledge to start debating politics of a foreign country (and not always even those of my own country either), but I
like following a political discussion. And when it's usually about a subject that doesn't touch me directly (say, American health care), I just like following a good debate. Even when I don't participate myself, I often find myself learning something from both sides of any given debate. It's nice.
I still agree with this topic. The Obama threads aren't a problem. The problem is that the first page can only hold so many topics at once. While there are many valid discussions about the subject as well, they too get buried under the topic spam and get the "great, yet another Jawabama thread"-label all too easily. Agitprop benefits no one in here, but if that can't be stopped, then a sub-forum or a big thread would be nice. At least then everyone would know what they are opening.