Who said I was ever insulted? I simply wanted the forum to be politics and religion free. You apparently do not. That is fine. I'm going to do it your way now. You trying to make that make me the bad person shows a lot about you too I suspect.



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I understand what you're saying b but the fact is it's not in the guidelines so we are free to talk about politics and religion all we want. In the past we had a situation wherein if we brought up politics or religion someone would politely tell us we don't talk about politics and religion on the forum. Well, apparently we do talk about politics and religion on the forum if the right person brings it up and apparently we do not talk about politics and religion if the wrong person brings it up, the "wrong" person being identified as some innocent bystander who is not aware of the unwritten policy or practice.

Now we are having disagreements about what constitutes talking about religion and politics, but the fact is if anyone thinks we're talking about politics or religion, then we are, no matter how much we may deny it. Not to disagree that someone can be misunderstood, yes, that can happen, but if the perception is that the subject is politics or religion then that becomes the case for the person with that perception.

The reason we should not discuss politics and religion here is the same reason I cannot discuss those subjects with my brother. We would hurt each other. That's what happens here -- we hurt each other. There is no good outcome to hurting each other.

Nevertheless, I think after recent discussions here that politics and religion are no longer socially off limits. It appears to me that all forum members should be able to discuss both subjects without being chastised or cautioned by other forum members that we do not discuss those subjects. Because we do. We discuss those subjects. Yes, we do.



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@MDavisnowell wrote:

Well, apparently we do talk about politics and religion on the forum if the right person brings it up and apparently we do not talk about politics and religion if the wrong person brings it up

I agree with you 100% except for this small part. I think it is less important who brings it up than it is that the politics agree with the posters who always bring up that we don't talk about politics or religion here.

Looks like the game is afoot. *evil laugh*
Pandora's box has been opened. And now if you will excuse me I need to go look for some more tired metaphors.

Pizza Rat for President.

Sybil, I want to know Pizza Rat's party affiliation. And where does he stand on polygamy?

I wanna know what the infatuation with pizza rat is? I think Sybil is secretly turned on by Italian bros that buy XS shirts from Ed Hardy and Affliction and reek of Axe body spray.

No, nothing as sordid as that. I received a picture of my little nephew in his Halloween costume and guess what? He is going as Pizza Rat. He looks sooooo cute. But the slice of pizza is too big for him so I see lots of falling down while trick-or-treating.

bgriffin, why do you know so much about Italian bros that buy XS shirts from Ed Hardy and Affliction and reek of Axe body spray? Such a description must come from first-hand knowledge.

Wait. There is such a thing as pizza rat? I thought you had come up with a new name for botox Juan.

There was a rat in NYC that was dragging a full piece of pizza. I think it was heading out of the subway or something. It was all over the news and pretty funny, someone caught it on video.

Ah. I apparently missed that. Google it I shall.

bgriffin, I'm glad you started this thread in the Meta section about banning politics and religion as subjects of discussion but it seems that although it's been suggested for years we don't talk about those subjects here, not many care enough enough to comment. I believe that's a run on sentence and more fodder yet for the grammar police. Ah, well, then.

So, without indicating approval or non approval, I would like to put the following statement out for consideration:

All professional politicians deserve to be shot.

If members want MSF to be free of politics and religion (may as well throw sex, drugs, rock and roll into the mix), ignoring or toggling will achieve desired results. Threads will wither on the vine.

Ignoring subjects we don't want to talk about and toggling posters we don't like works for me. But I'm not against sex and rock and roll. And Elvis was real cute before he gained weight.

@Mert wrote:

If members want MSF to be free of politics and religion (may as well throw sex, drugs, rock and roll into the mix), ignoring or toggling will achieve desired results. Threads will wither on the vine.

Sex, drugs & rock & roll are fun to talk about. politics & religion? I just fell asleep.

@bgriffin wrote:

Wait. There is such a thing as pizza rat? I thought you had come up with a new name for botox Juan.

You really have never heard of Pizza Rat? Stephen Colbert must have been talking about you in this video clip.

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I'm not much for pop culture and not a fan of the idiots on late night talk shows, so no, had not heard about it.

From ABC News...

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