...sez you...

...did I mention everybody should get naked?

Agreed... naked it is... though I think I just scared of the neighboors :p

Not to worry, they probably just wanted to borrow your power tools anyway

OK, I will admit that I voted first and then read through the responses before compiling my own response, but my vote is still the same, I think that it would be a good idea and I would like to participate. I know that I've always strayed away from posting political comments on the regular boards, even in the political threads that others have started. I do, however, enjoy engaging in political discussions and debates with people who hold all different kinds of political views.

I agree with many previous posters who have said that politics can create divisions between people. My thoughts, though, are that we are all adults here, and we ought to be able to have a civilized conversation on many topics. Perhaps creating a separate board will allow those who know that they cannot separate the strong emotions from politics to stop before they get involved. I have seen what a charged thread has done lately, and it does not make me happy, but perhaps having a politics board will prevent these kinds of things from happening.

The best idea would probably be to have guidelines for the politcs board, much the same as what one sees at a political debate, i.e. no name-calling and the such.

I must say that I also agree with creating a Jokes board as well, that sounds like a good idea that came out of this discussion.

IMO I don't believe that there needs to be a seperate forum. The hover text works for me for threads that I have a question about - if I don't want to check it out I don't. Some of the recent political threads haven't bothered me a bit - in fact I have found them somewhat educational and very interesting.

Keeping them in General Chat is my vote....................
















I am already naked!!! ;) :lust:

Now THAT'S my kind of category :lust: :jump:

Hear, hear!

jseal,

No!

It's see-see.

Sharni, my point was that if we have a political section, the majority of the politics being discussed will be American (as the majority of the politics discussed here at present is American) and this may effectively create an 'American Only' section which I feel is a very bad idea, for the same reasons you do.

Inferring, of course, that we just sort of stomp in & dominate whatever areas we decide we want...

Sadly, all too often that's true... sigh...

Reason always seems to prevail in the end. Thanks, Cheyanne, for making a complex subject understandable. :D :D

Cheyanne for President!

Oops ... am I in the right thread? :D

After I voted (No, because it can be discussed in the Gen. chat area) I was happy and proud of everyone when I saw that the majority of votes were the same as mine.

As usual, I am out of the loop as to why this poll is necessary. There is a mix of many topics in General Chat...some of which I look at and respond to, some that I look at and don't respond to, and some that don't snag my attention at all. Time is a bigger issue for me. I have very little time to look over everything here...and I'm not prolific enough to set up a system. I just go to General Forum and scan the topics and hope the clock doesn't run out before I can see all I want to see. If I have more time, I then go off to another forum[s]. I try to respond to things I started or posted to and all the while I am watching the clock. It's a rare occasion when I have hours here to forum jump.

As I like change, I'd get used to it if I had to, but I don't care for segregation under the guise of hoping not to offend! If I don't like a topic I either say so or I don't say anything. I'm adult enough to take a hit or be hit (in type...so to speak). What I don't deal well with is rules being made up for one or two situations that effect the entire congregation when it isn't the entire congregations responsibility for the isolated situations. Example: We all play different radio stations at work...one person played theirs too loud and it offended two people...one person complained...the boss made all of us turn off our radios and we can only use headsets now. We're talking 2 offended people and one official complaint out of 29 total people in my department. I think the better way would have been to tell the offender to lower the tunage! Done and done!

Thanks Lixy. Your opinion is noted.

They say the squeaky wheels get the grease. Sometimes they squeak so loudly that you can't hear all the other wheels grinding away and keeping things running smoothly. This was simply an attempt to hear all the wheels, not just the squeaky ones. Hard for me to consider what everyone would like when I usually only hear about what a few people don't like. No conspiracy, just consideration. I could have polled people privately (all 17,000) but I wanted everyone and anyone who had some input or idea to have a place to discuss it.

Well i can tell ya it wont happen while i'm here *LOL*

I read all...and do post in any "American" thread as should any other nationality here if they feel the need...

Pixies is about people...not nationalities

I understand a majority are American here.....if you're a different nationality post something from your country..

I love to learn stuff about other places....and Pixies is an excellent place to do it