PLEASE READ: the Politics forum

[guerrillaradio]

Please remember people, this is the Politics forum, for threads concerning politics. Remember that this is a leftist board, therefore the politics should have a large slant towards economics. Keep threads pertaining to drug legalisation etc to Chit Chat. Also remember that this forum concerns modern day politics. Posts concerning historical politics belong in History, and those concerning theoretical politics belong in Theory. Thirdly, and this especially applys to newcomers, please check that no threads of similar subject matter have been started before you post a new thread.

However, I would seriously encourage people to post here. This forum is possibly the most important of all the ones on the board so I demand people to post here more regularly.

I've moved some threads to their more relevant forums...

[Non-Sectarian Bastard!]

Wich ones? And to where? Would be a smart thing to report.

[Exploited Class]

Quote: from CCCP on 12:07 am on Dec. 30, 2002
Wich ones? And to where? Would be a smart thing to report.

That's a lot of additional work on top of what guerrillaradio already did.

[Non-Sectarian Bastard!]

nah man just a small list.

[I Bow 4 Che]

GR perhaps you should put this in the chit chat forum

your telling people in the politics forum to read the politics forum...seems rather pointless hehe

sticky it even
:P

[I Bow 4 Che]

stupid fucking colon...lol

ignore my previous post

[redstarshining]

Quote: from guerrillaradio on 12:58 am on Dec. 30, 2002
Please remember people, this is the Politics forum, for threads concerning politics. Remember that this is a leftist board, therefore the politics should have a large slant towards economics. Keep threads pertaining to drug legalisation etc to Chit Chat.
Also remember that this forum concerns modern day politics. Posts concerning historical politics belong in History, and those concerning theoretical politics belong in Theory. Thirdly, and this especially applys to newcomers, please check that no threads of similar subject matter have been started before you post a new thread.

However, I would seriously encourage people to post here. This forum is possibly the most important of all the ones on the board so I demand people to post here more regularly.

I've moved some threads to their more relevant forums...




I agree that economics is probably the most important aspect of leftist ideology. But social policy belongs to politics as well. I find some of the non-economics related posts quite interesting and I dont think those threads belong into chit-chat. Chit-chat is and should be mainly non-political ( including posts that are political but just opinions, lacking arguments ).

Maybe it would be a good idea to split the politics forum into an economics forum and a social policy forum. This would have an advantage and a disadvantage. The disadvantage is that many people on this board just read the politics forum because of the non-economics related threads, while involuntarily learning something about economics that way :) . A split forum would decrease the number of readers in the economics forum and therefore most likely decrease the average number of posts/month in this forum and on the whole board.

On the other hand, it would probably increase the quality of posts. In my opinion that outweighs the disadvantage.

A post would be qualified for the economics forum if:

1.) The subject has directly to do with economics ( of course, _indirectly_ social policy always has an effect on economics, and economics always have an effect on social policy. But in order to not cause more confusion than necessary, we say that the link to economics must be directly visible in the main thesis of the post )


2.) The post contains more than an opinion. Opionions have to be backed by 'facts'... although I don't like the word 'facts', therefore let's call it 'arguments' ;)
I.e. posts like "When will the fucking fascist pigs legalize marijuana?!?!?!?" belong into chit-chat.

Change both rules for the social policy forum ( or whatever it would be called ) accordingly.

I agree with all other points of this post.

[chamo]

Current politics issues should be part of the politics forum, not just leftist or economical politics. Stuff like, as you say, "I want legalised weed" belong in chit-chat unless it is a major current issue in present politics. Sociology is also a big issue concerned with politics, so it would be good ot see threads such as those stay here and not wander into chit-chat. Chit-chat is supposed to be totally off-topic, threads to do with either meaningless or light-hearted topics.

[guerrillaradio]

Quote: from I Bow 4 Che on 12:48 am on Dec. 30, 2002
GR perhaps you should put this in the chit chat forum

your telling people in the politics forum to read the politics forum...seems rather pointless hehe

That's only part of it...the most important part is determining what does and doesn't belong here.


sticky it even

Yeah...I meant to...I just forgot :)

[guerrillaradio]

Quote: from CCCP on 12:07 am on Dec. 30, 2002
Wich ones? And to where? Would be a smart thing to report.

I moved the "Pot" thread to Chit Chat, I moved the Hitler one to History, and the "white hate" one to Theory.

[KickMcCann]

Why don't you just re-name "politics" to "economics" ??

[Conghaileach]

Where would current international issues - such as Cuba, Venezuela, Brazil, Nepal, War Of Terror, World Social Forums, etc - exist if this was simply an economics forum?

[mentalbunny]

I think things like the legalisation of weed should stay here, it shouldn't just be economics, cos politics is alot more than that, but historic stuff should be kept to History and theoretical to Theory, etc, I agree with that.

[sin miedo]

Topics concerning whether drugs should be legalized and such should remain here in politics. Topics asking whether one does drugs and worthless items like that should go to chit-chat.

[Ari HR]

Make this topic sticky again. Maybe my comp is screwed up but this topic isn't sticky no more.

[guerrillaradio]

Quote: from Ari HR on 12:51 am on Jan. 4, 2003
Make this topic sticky again. Maybe my comp is screwed up but this topic isn't sticky no more.

I unstuck it cos I thought it was pointless keeping it there if it wasn't getting any replies. However, I think I'll stick it again.

[Conghaileach]

Why should the legalisation of drugs be under the politics thread?

[sin miedo]

Precisely because it is a political issue.

[Ari HR]

Good idea with rating topics

[praxis1966]

Quote: from sin miedo on 6:55 am on Jan. 3, 2003
Topics concerning whether drugs should be legalized and such should remain here in politics.




I agree with this idea, at least in theory. If someone wants to present a reasoned, lucid argument with statistical support (e.g. excerpting The Emporer Wears No Clothes), that should be perfectly acceptible. But the argument that there's nothing wrong with getting stoned, etc., etc. should be reserved for other venues. Unfortunately, I doubt that would be the case.

(Edited by praxis1966 at 1:27 pm on Feb. 8, 2003)

[pay feo 2003]

people. what was this thread about again? lol.

well, my head is riddled with ideas that i cant seem to memorise the specific facts of the truth yet i do my best so...im posting what i read in the paper today...and guerilla i hope it qualifies, if not...delete it...i dont care! :)

[guerrillaradio]

Quote: from pay feo 2003 on 3:35 am on Feb. 13, 2003
im posting what i read in the paper today...and guerilla i hope it qualifies...

Well copy and pasted articles belong in Che Lives News or Newswire or whatever it's called, but general and comtemporary political topics belong here, so yeah, that does.

[Hegemonicretribution]

Not that I am that bothered, but should well presented drug topics be allowed here until chit chat is back open?

[guerrillaradio]

Well due to certain events, I've lost my modship, so I'm not in a position to move any threads...but I guess if I had any authority, I'd allow drugs threads in the meantime...

[Hegemonicretribution]

Quote: from guerrillaradio on 8:54 pm on Feb. 21, 2003
Well due to certain events, I've lost my modship, so I'm not in a position to move any threads...but I guess if I had any authority, I'd allow drugs threads in the meantime...

Wtf? Is there a thread about this anywhere?

[chaz3]

Is this a political forum or a policy debate. Governments are starving their people and you want to argue if you should be able to argue about drug use?

[pillarloft]

New Here, hello all. I am in the Military and am crawling in my skin. These posts help me feel I am not alone. Thanks

[mentalbunny]

hey pillarloft, my advice to you is to get out as soon as you can!

glad you feel you aren't alone anymore, this place is great at giving people a niche if they feel isolated, etc.