Why " NO POLITICS"?

[bb1]

Why can't you discuss poitics? If I fell head first into the bottom of an outhouse, I would want to talk about it, sooner or later.

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[Badger]

Hi bb1 ...

When I was doing my officer training back on the 60's, we were told there were three things that shouldn't be discussed while drinking in the officer's mess. They were women, religion and politics ..

The reason was simple. Those discussions always lead to bitter disagreements and acrimony, even amongst friends. To validate this, all you have to do is see the vitriol spewed at and about people on Internet forums, that have a political or religious aspect to them. We even saw it here for a period of time.

We're supposed to be sharing our forums to interact with a lot of like minded folks, who share a common love of old milsurps and the terrific collecting hobby surrounding them.

We really don't want to see a lot of good "electronic" friends who may differ in political or religious views, destroy an otherwise enjoyable experience talking about old guns, by deliberately creating a posting environment which by its nature promotes divisiveness.

There's a huge number of political discourse sites (and forums) on the Internet already (some on gun sites), catering to both left and right wing viewpoints. If anyone really needs a "fix" of watching perfectly sane and normal people deteriorate into name calling and verbal assaults simply over their political views, we'd recommend they join one of those sites and have at it.

Our site isn't the place for this kind of behaviour, or the content that causes it, plus we have no desire to have to install a "Romper Room" as a time-out area for mature adults, who when discussing any gun related material wouldn't even need it.

Our registration agreement is quite clear ....

Registration to Military Surplus Collectors Forums is free! This site is designed to encourage the open exchange of information amongst the general military surplus collector community, thereby helping all of our members to better enjoy their chosen hobby. It's not a venue for discussing the politics of firearms ownership or the practices and policies of various governments trying to control them. We do insist that you abide by the rules and policies detailed below. If you agree to the terms, please check the 'I agree' checkbox and press the 'Register' button below. If you would like to cancel the registration, click here to return to the forums index.

Thanks for the feedback and I hope that helps clarify your question.

Regards,
Badger (Doug)

[Gibbs505]

Hi bb1 ...

When I was doing my officer training back on the 60's, we were told there were three things that shouldn't be discussed while drinking in the officer's mess. They were women, religion and politics ..


Badger (Doug)

Can we discuss women?

[Chuckindenver]

i for one, am ok with the rule, its nice to just BS about guns, and that in itself gets heated sometimes.
i avoid the politics sections of the other forums.
i hear it all day on talk radio, and hear it at night on the tube..
its a nice place to get away from the educated car salesmen we have elected.

[bb1]

Badge:
It was actually a rhetorical question. I was making a reference to the sad state that poly-tics has devolved to. Thanks for the explanation anyway.

[Badger]

Badge:
It was actually a rhetorical question. I was making a reference to the sad state that poly-tics has devolved to. Thanks for the explanation anyway.

Ahhhh....

Probably a good thread for future reference anyway ...

Thanks ...

Regards,
Badger

[jmoore]

Keep in mind that this is a worldwide forum! What is a big deal in your neck of the woods matters not to many of the members. (Unless you're a "Yank", then your issues MUST matter to everybody!)

[Brasidas]

The ban on political and religious topics makes this board an oasis and a place I look forward to visiting every day.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[Bill Hollinger]

It is just so much easier without it.

[bb1]

I guess that about explains everything.
Good posts from evertbody.
Bill