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Originally Posted by Gargamel
Problem with most threads in most forums (not just subsim), is that the argument is usually resolved within a few pages, but tangent discussions have occurred, and then tangents from them. So the whole point of the OP is now completely moot and a seperate discussion takes place. And this is usually caused by somebody voicing an opinion that others disagree with, and then the back and forth starts.
While we can (and should) ask people to restrain themselves, it's pretty much like herding cats.
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Sidelined discussions always have been present in GT - always. And it is no problem if the participating parties in such tangent disucssions can identiify it as that, or if it happens to come out like htat in a non-aggressive, often even humours way. This forum is no academic debate club. It more compares to a pub. And in a pub, words get thrown back and forth all over the place, while rumours make the round and drinks get handed over the table. That'S what makes a pub a pub. This is GT, and no specialised subforum on sensible poetry - or subsims. For subsims any navy stuff, there are the other forums - plenty of them.
