Subj : Re: Politics
To   : Blue White
From : McDoob
Date : Sat Mar 19 2022 11:45 am

 BW>  Mc> However, should any discussion of world events be taboo as a result?
 BW>  Mc> It's a hard line to draw, one way or the other. And if we were to dra
 BW>  Mc> that line with too much detail, members may find themselves unable to
 BW>  Mc> speak for fear of crossing it. That would be worse.
 BW> 
 BW> Depends on the World event.  Natural disasters aside, most "World events"
 BW> start with a leader, or leading body, which is full of politicians, doing
 BW> something noteworthy, good or bad.  So it would be next to impossible to
 BW> state an opinion about said event without it becoming political.

Again, that's a valid point, and something to be concerned about. But I don't
think we should automatically make this 'taboo', unless it gets out of
control...

Personally, I am very glad that it's not up to me to make this decision! (^_^)

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
 * Origin: PiBBS (21:4/135)

.