[at-l] political discourse

[pmags at yahoo.com (Paul Magnanti)]

>>insertions of pro Kerry 
>>statements are OK but any mention of support for the
>>President are quickly responded 
>>to with "Off Topic" and take it to a neutral site.  


To put it bluntly, that's a bucnh of BS. 

I directly quoted Steve (a PRO-Kerry person) and
politely asked him to refreain from opening that can
o' worms.

>>Everyone has the right to voice their political
>>opinions.  But the screams 


The problem is that these political discussions
quickly turn into petty name calling and seeing who
can cite the most obscure facts. In crude parlance, it
becomes a d**k measuring contest. More importantly, it
ends up dominating this list and drowning out any type
of hiking related discussion. 

I for one do not care to see a hiking list dominated
by this type of discssion. Ryan, our host, has
repeatedly ask that we do not engage in this divisive
discourse.

As I've said before, I don't care if you are liberal,
converservative, moderate, Martian or Whig --
is it really too much to ask they we refrain from
discussion that ultimately leads to a list that is
dominated by nasty discourse?





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