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<p>[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 8552813, member: 24754"]And, how can you consistently apply rules like this when no two individuals will ever fully agree on the definition of "political"? It varies from person to person, but in extreme cases the definition of this word has morphed into something like, "Anything that upsets any person to any degree". This type of definition can be leveraged to include just about any statement of opinion or expression that a person could possibly make.</p><p><br /></p><p>The consequence of over-enforcing these types of rules would be a forum where all opinions, criticisms, or truth seeking would be eliminated. If that is the case, then the value of the forum is narrowed to the point of uselessness.</p><p><br /></p><p>The consequence of under-enforcing these types of rules would be threads so bogged down with pornography, racism, misogyny, and threats of violence that the forums would also be rendered useless.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fact that we are somewhat comfortably between these two extremes is an indication that the moderators are generally doing things correctly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 8552813, member: 24754"]And, how can you consistently apply rules like this when no two individuals will ever fully agree on the definition of "political"? It varies from person to person, but in extreme cases the definition of this word has morphed into something like, "Anything that upsets any person to any degree". This type of definition can be leveraged to include just about any statement of opinion or expression that a person could possibly make. The consequence of over-enforcing these types of rules would be a forum where all opinions, criticisms, or truth seeking would be eliminated. If that is the case, then the value of the forum is narrowed to the point of uselessness. The consequence of under-enforcing these types of rules would be threads so bogged down with pornography, racism, misogyny, and threats of violence that the forums would also be rendered useless. The fact that we are somewhat comfortably between these two extremes is an indication that the moderators are generally doing things correctly.[/QUOTE]
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