Quoting T!M:

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Wount?  Will, won't or would? I for one would be perfectly happy with such a simple "no such posts"-policy. This is, after all, the forum of a piece of DVD cataloging software - what do we need political and religious discussion for? Seeing as though recent attempts have almost unanimously ended in disaster, I could easily live without them.

"will not". I dont get that "only a DVD forum" -thing people say. If you want to talk about cats do you go to a forum about cats, or just to the topic in GD? If you want to talk about dogs, do you go to another forum or just the topic in GD? I could go on for hours. There is no point in using a diffrent forum for every single subject. Not even for just the hot topics. I want to know what people at DVDP forums think about politics. I dont care what some random sites users think. Ive been using these forums for ~7 years, you know how long it would even take to read a political forum to get a grip on its users? all just so that i could discuss a news piece i found? Theres no point.

I can go on without political/religious topics, if Ken doesnt want them here. But i enjoy reading them. I think they are important issues. I think its great that i can talk to someone with a diffrent political ideology. I also can have a debate, even an arguement and not feel any hatred for the person i strongly disagree with.

Quoting whispering:

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"will not". I dont get that "only a DVD forum" -thing people say. If you want to talk about cats do you go to a forum about cats, or just to the topic in GD? If you want to talk about dogs, do you go to another forum or just the topic in GD? I could go on for hours. There is no point in using a diffrent forum for every single subject. Not even for just the hot topics. I want to know what people at DVDP forums think about politics. I dont care what some random sites users think. Ive been using these forums for ~7 years, you know how long it would even take to read a political forum to get a grip on its users? all just so that i could discuss a news piece i found? Theres no point.

I can go on without political/religious topics, if Ken doesnt want them here. But i enjoy reading them. I think they are important issues. I think its great that i can talk to someone with a diffrent political ideology. I also can have a debate, even an arguement and not feel any hatred for the person i strongly disagree with.

I couldn't agree more.  The topics, in and of themselves, are not bad...it is how people choose to express themselves that is the problem.  With a real live person keeping watch, people will have to conduct themselves in a civil manner.  If they don't, they suffer the consequences.  To paraphrase The Jackson Five...One bad poster don't spoil the whole bunch of posts.

Quoting Ken Cole:

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- Political and Religious discussion is not allowed

I'm personally glad to see the back of this. Although I don't think the fact that this is a DVD collector's forum is a strong argument, it's a simple fact that these discussions simply never remained civil. Rather see them go than have the arguments from before.

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- Off-topic posts will be removed

This I'm sorry to see. Part of the fun of this forum was the complete tangents that some threads would follow. I hope it's not too strictly adhered to.

Definitely don't think the off-topic stuff should be removed unless it's inflammatory. If the thread has gone way off track, then the moderator should post asking to get it back on track. If it doesn't, then the thread gets locked down.

Happy to see these changes, even if they're only on a trial basis for now. I don't think of them as too extreme at all. Most forums I post at have rules along these lines.

KM

Quoting northbloke:

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Quoting Ken Cole:

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- Political and Religious discussion is not allowed

I'm personally glad to see the back of this. Although I don't think the fact that this is a DVD collector's forum is a strong argument, it's a simple fact that these discussions simply never remained civil. Rather see them go than have the arguments from before.

My feeling, as well.