Tired of islamic, jewish, and nazi threads?

bradclark1 · 11-14-05, 07:56 PM

Tired of islamic, jewish, and nazi threads?
Give it a break. If you can't get your point across in five threads and 145 replies it's probable that you aren't going to change anybodies mind.
Think up something else to argue about.

CCIP · 11-14-05, 07:59 PM

There's the top reason I haven't visited this part of the forum very often in the last few months

kiwi_2005 · 11-14-05, 08:40 PM

True. There needs to be a new, Religeon thread only. So us mages, wizards and clerics can yabba on from dusk till dawn

DAB · 11-14-05, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by bradclark1

Tired of islamic, jewish, and nazi threads?
Give it a break. If you can't get your point across in five threads and 145 replies it's probable that you aren't going to change anybodies mind.
Think up something else to argue about.

Not to mention the content of most of those threads tends to be insulting to at least 25% of the board members.

Rockstar · 11-14-05, 09:16 PM

Hi there nice to see ya, bumble bee tuna.

Abraham · 11-14-05, 10:11 PM

I voted: No.

It's a General Topic Forum and all topics mentioned are general. Everybody is free to start a topic. Fine with me and difficult to change that.

A religious forum won't work, where to put "London bombings by Muslim extremists", "Clash of Civilisations", "the Holocaust" or "Salman Rushdie"? On the religious thread? Difficult (and a lot of) work for moderators.

Of course everybody's sometimes tired of posting and reading postings. The solution: don't read for a couple of days.

If it is a problem that the content of religious threads is insulting for at least 25%, then moving them to a different box wouldn't change much. Censorship would, but that we don't like. Or a little bit of personal respect for people with a different opinion. And some hard skin on your own soul...

The fact that there are so many threads about Islam and religion shows a growing interest that is a reflexion of what can be seen in society at large.

If a thread gets 145 responses it is obviously a succesful thread. If it gets 5 responses, it usually is not.

Threads about "philosophical, religious and political" subjects are not nesessarily meant to convince others, but more to communicate and learn from each other. That's at least what I try to do. Through this forum I've learned a lot and I was often challenged to read even more before I could react on a posting.

Again: we don't have to read what we don't want to read and we don't have to post if we don't want to post.

Just my opinion...

gdogghenrikson · 11-14-05, 11:04 PM

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Not to mention the content of most of those threads tends to be insulting to at least 25% of the board members.

I agree

TLAM Strike · 11-14-05, 11:07 PM

YES!! Make it stop.

The Avon Lady · 11-15-05, 12:44 AM

Yes.

Konovalov · 11-15-05, 02:02 AM

I am tired of threads that have nothing to do with religion and in particular my faith but somehow Islam is "worked" into the thread. For example someone posts a topic on subsims and the kind of people who play them asking insulting things like "do muslims like Nazi-stories?" What the f*ck has that got to do with subsims? Another example was I announced my getting married and visa approval and get replies like, "watch out London, Konovalov's a terrorist" blah blah blah. It is getting ridiculous. I'm all for intelligent dicussion including on religion but it has gone at times way past analaysis and critical thinking. That's my 2 cents. Hence I voted yes.

Sixpack · 11-15-05, 03:08 AM

I voted: NO.

If people want to discuss other stuff, that's fine. Simply dont reply to a thread you dont like or start a new thread yourself.

retired1212 · 11-15-05, 03:22 AM

Yep

and this is the main reason that I am not so active anymore.

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Another example was I announced my getting married and visa approval and get replies like, "watch out London, Konovalov's a terrorist" blah blah blah

The person who wrote such thing to you is mentally ill, and lacks thinking capability. Mamas should keep their such kids away from the computer.

Sixpack · 11-15-05, 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Konovalov

Another example was I announced my getting married and visa approval and get replies like, "watch out London, Konovalov's a terrorist" blah blah blah

That was never written afaik

jumpy · 11-15-05, 04:32 AM

I say no... always nice to chew the cudd

even if it does end up repeating itself.
I wonder how many people who voted 'yes' have still participated in these 'religious threads', tired or not?

The Avon Lady · 11-15-05, 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by jumpy

I say no... always nice to chew the cudd

even if it does end up repeating itself.
I wonder how many people who voted 'yes' have still participated in these 'religious threads', tired or not?

I voted "YES" about being tired of them. That was the question. I did not mean to say that I wouldn't respond if someone else expresses an opinion I feel is important one way or the other.

What I mean to say is it wouldn't bother me if these subjects didn't come up at all. Look through this forum section and you'll see that I personally have rarely, if ever, started any of these threads myself.

Also, I think we should have a separate poll about Kapitain's spam threads.

11-14-05, 07:56 PM	#1
bradclark1 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Connecticut, USA. Posts: 2,794 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Tired of islamic, jewish, and nazi threads? Tired of islamic, jewish, and nazi threads? Give it a break. If you can't get your point across in five threads and 145 replies it's probable that you aren't going to change anybodies mind. Think up something else to argue about.

11-14-05, 07:59 PM	#2
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	There's the top reason I haven't visited this part of the forum very often in the last few months __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

11-14-05, 08:40 PM	#3
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	True. There needs to be a new, Religeon thread only. So us mages, wizards and clerics can yabba on from dusk till dawn __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

11-14-05, 10:11 PM	#6
Abraham Eternal Patrol Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Tired of islamic, jewish, and nazi threads? I voted: No. It's a General Topic Forum and all topics mentioned are general. Everybody is free to start a topic. Fine with me and difficult to change that. A religious forum won't work, where to put "London bombings by Muslim extremists", "Clash of Civilisations", "the Holocaust" or "Salman Rushdie"? On the religious thread? Difficult (and a lot of) work for moderators. Of course everybody's sometimes tired of posting and reading postings. The solution: don't read for a couple of days. If it is a problem that the content of religious threads is insulting for at least 25%, then moving them to a different box wouldn't change much. Censorship would, but that we don't like. Or a little bit of personal respect for people with a different opinion. And some hard skin on your own soul... The fact that there are so many threads about Islam and religion shows a growing interest that is a reflexion of what can be seen in society at large. If a thread gets 145 responses it is obviously a succesful thread. If it gets 5 responses, it usually is not. Threads about "philosophical, religious and political" subjects are not nesessarily meant to convince others, but more to communicate and learn from each other. That's at least what I try to do. Through this forum I've learned a lot and I was often challenged to read even more before I could react on a posting. Again: we don't have to read what we don't want to read and we don't have to post if we don't want to post. Just my opinion... __________________ RIP Abraham

11-14-05, 11:07 PM	#8
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	YES!! Make it stop. __________________

View Poll Results: Tired of islamic, jewish, and nazi threads?
Yes	40	78.43%
No	11	21.57%
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11-14-05, 09:16 PM	#5
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Hi there nice to see ya, bumble bee tuna.

11-15-05, 12:44 AM	#9
The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Yes. __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

11-15-05, 02:02 AM	#10
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I am tired of threads that have nothing to do with religion and in particular my faith but somehow Islam is "worked" into the thread. For example someone posts a topic on subsims and the kind of people who play them asking insulting things like "do muslims like Nazi-stories?" What the f*ck has that got to do with subsims? Another example was I announced my getting married and visa approval and get replies like, "watch out London, Konovalov's a terrorist" blah blah blah. It is getting ridiculous. I'm all for intelligent dicussion including on religion but it has gone at times way past analaysis and critical thinking. That's my 2 cents. Hence I voted yes. __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

11-15-05, 03:08 AM	#11
Sixpack Samurai Navy Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: below North Sea level (iow Holland) Posts: 592 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I voted: NO. If people want to discuss other stuff, that's fine. Simply dont reply to a thread you dont like or start a new thread yourself.

11-15-05, 04:32 AM	#14
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I say no... always nice to chew the cudd even if it does end up repeating itself. I wonder how many people who voted 'yes' have still participated in these 'religious threads', tired or not? __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life