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Oberon · 07-01-14, 12:01 AM

Well, we'll see where the thread goes, it might be a hot potato, it might be a relatively normal one. Generally speaking the ones that you think are going to turn into a flame war don't whereas the ones that seem innocent turn into a mass brawl.

Personally I generally tend to avoid posting discussion threads about hot topics like this if I can, just to avoid the risk of it becoming a flame thread.

EDIT: For example, at the moment the front-page news of the BBC is about the bodies of the three missing Israeli soldiers being found and the Israeli government blaming it on Hamas, leading to the likelihood of Israel doing another round of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip (and perhaps the West Bank too since Fatah and Hamas are allies now). I could post a discussion topic on that, but I know it would bog down in the age old row over Israels existence and their actions in regards to Palestine, and then Alex would probably come in and occidentally post anti-sematic images and so on and so forth. There's also the Rolf Harris trial in the UK which I could post a topic on, but that would just wind up as a dumping thread for the usual internet justice ministers to vent their spleens on, likely dissolving into the same thing being repeated over and over along the lines of "He should be hung" "Bring back the death penalty" and other slogans preyed upon by the right wing media.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not attacking you for posting this, it's a free world after all, and this is a big topic in America at the moment so Americans and other people alike will want to discuss it, but since it revolves around Obamacare and religion, two of the more explosive topics in both America and Subsim alike, you run the risk of creating more work for the moderators, which is why I hold back on posting things regarding certain subjects in GT, especially if its an opinion that runs counter to the prevailing wind in this area.
Like I said, we'll see how it goes, might well be that no-one actually replies to the thread, or it just turns into a standard Obama spleen vent and then drops of the front page like so many others.

07-01-14, 12:01 AM	#4
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Well, we'll see where the thread goes, it might be a hot potato, it might be a relatively normal one. Generally speaking the ones that you think are going to turn into a flame war don't whereas the ones that seem innocent turn into a mass brawl. Personally I generally tend to avoid posting discussion threads about hot topics like this if I can, just to avoid the risk of it becoming a flame thread. EDIT: For example, at the moment the front-page news of the BBC is about the bodies of the three missing Israeli soldiers being found and the Israeli government blaming it on Hamas, leading to the likelihood of Israel doing another round of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip (and perhaps the West Bank too since Fatah and Hamas are allies now). I could post a discussion topic on that, but I know it would bog down in the age old row over Israels existence and their actions in regards to Palestine, and then Alex would probably come in and occidentally post anti-sematic images and so on and so forth. There's also the Rolf Harris trial in the UK which I could post a topic on, but that would just wind up as a dumping thread for the usual internet justice ministers to vent their spleens on, likely dissolving into the same thing being repeated over and over along the lines of "He should be hung" "Bring back the death penalty" and other slogans preyed upon by the right wing media. Don't get me wrong, I'm not attacking you for posting this, it's a free world after all, and this is a big topic in America at the moment so Americans and other people alike will want to discuss it, but since it revolves around Obamacare and religion, two of the more explosive topics in both America and Subsim alike, you run the risk of creating more work for the moderators, which is why I hold back on posting things regarding certain subjects in GT, especially if its an opinion that runs counter to the prevailing wind in this area. Like I said, we'll see how it goes, might well be that no-one actually replies to the thread, or it just turns into a standard Obama spleen vent and then drops of the front page like so many others.