Never appreciated the anti-political/religious forum rules more than today

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I joined an owners forum for the firearm I have, got some great info from there on some mechanical stuff.

Anyway, they deliberately have a "Politics and Religion" forum. For some stupid reason I looked in there. NEVER again. I was like looking at a wreck between an AMTRACK train full of nuns and a Greyhound bus full of orphans. Just horrible. What's worse the "debates" from that forum got everyone so ticked at each other, they frequently spilled into technical threads.

Just a bad idea. I am glad we do not have one here and our off-topic discussions can stay civil, informative, and entertaining the vast majority of the time.

In short....love you guys....

[FL Knifemaker]

Those forum areas can get really ugly.  Either that or they end up so overmoderated that you have to walk on thin ice in order make a point. On my custom knife and gun forum we have a no politics/religion rule as well, unless it has to do with knife and gun legislation.  Sometimes we let something slide if it doesn't seem like it will blow up 

[Root beer]

Yeah, same! I think you can be civil with handful of people when it comes to politic, but trying discuss it with larger population, yeah, it not going work.

There is a local forum for my town (I'm sure there is one for your town as well) and I was bored one day decided check it out. Basically any topic can go, talk politic, religious, anything. The problem I have with political discussion on that site, is that they are so far off and it not even funny. They try post discussions about an issue using numbers and none of the numbers made mathematically sense, and they all believed it. : :-X Needless to say, I quit going to the site, and every time I ride around town, I feel like I'm the smartest guy in town. ;D ;D

[K_Mac]

I wish we could have spirited conversation on these topics here, but these conversations can get heated even among friends. It just does not work in this format. I was here before this policy was in force and even with constant moderator involvement it used to get nasty at times.

Glenn and the mods do a good job of keeping things under control. Even guys as warm and gentle as I am have been censored a few times for the greater good. ;D I like that inflammatory posts and people are deleted. It keeps things a lot more comfortable for everyone.

[firefightn15]

I browse the opinion/editorial section of my local papers to catch the chatter on political and religious issues. I find the same thing a lot of the time. Misinformed comments and facts and figures that don't tally. I feel sorry for some of these people once and a while, they have frustrations and have trouble expressing their point. That said, your better off not saying anything sometimes.

I also agree that it is good policy to stay away from these topics here at BR. 8-)

[D4u2s0t]

I've never seen a single website where political discussions turn into anything other than a huge bashfest.  doesn't belong on a fishing site, or any site where you're actually looking to have a community instead of just a bunch of people smack talking.

[Lund Explorer]

Nasty forums are a dime a dozen.  It makes this place shine even brighter.

The annual road trip is a good case in point.  Back here someone mentioned a get together of a bunch of the posters didn't bother to go to it.  Most were the ones without a CCW! 

If the scheduling ever works out to where I could go to a Pickwick Lake outing, my first mission will be to make sure Glenn and the Mods have at least one night with no bar tab.

[KYbass1276]

Politics and fishing don't mix  I'm glad this forum has the insight to realize that.   Unless it pertains to anti hunting/fishing  leave it at the door JMO

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Nasty forums are a dime a dozen. It makes this place shine even brighter.

The annual road trip is a good case in point. Back here someone mentioned a get together of a bunch of the posters didn't bother to go to it. Most were the ones without a CCW!

If the scheduling ever works out to where I could go to a Pickwick Lake outing, my first mission will be to make sure Glenn and the Mods have at least one night with no bar tab.

I am sure Glenn and the mods would not mind that...lol

[cart7t]

I've never seen a single website where political discussions turn into anything other than a huge bashfest. doesn't belong on a fishing site, or any site where you're actually looking to have a community instead of just a bunch of people smack talking.

What happens if it's a political issue concerning fishing?

[Glenn]

We have a very strict "no politics/religion" rule for a reason.  We used to allow them, and tried very hard to keep them under control.  When that didn't work, we tried to allow only "political issues about fishing", but that never worked either.  People just get too lathered up over politics, and can in no way whatsoever stay "on topic" regarding an issue. It ALWAYS led to partisan politics, and the fur would start flying from there.

So now, we don't allow ANY political comments, asides, or innuendos. 

We're slightly more lenient with religion, allowing the traditional "Merry Christmas" and "God bless" in posts, but not much more than that.

I know it's a pretty hard line, but I'm glad to see y'all recognize the need for it.  I really appreciate your attitudes towards it!

And we'll take you up on that open tab! 

[SirSnookalot]

Topics about religion should always be banned but politics is a different story, personally I would welcome it. It works on other forums that I go on, but it would not work here, the balance is like 1000 to 1, other sites it's reversed.

I do believe political and religious quotes in the signature line are not appropriate for this forum if we are to abide by the rules.

[firefightn15]

Topics about religion should always be banned but politics is a different story, personally I would welcome it. It works on other forums that I go on, but it would not work here, the balance is like 1000 to 1, other sites it's reversed.

I do believe political and religious quotes in the signature line are not appropriate for this forum if we are to abide by the rules.

No disrespect intended, but sometimes a person has to know when to allow others some wiggle room; they are only sigs and not invites for debates.  Personally, they give me  a sense of who a person is and how they see life.  I can respect that. 

This has been a good page and hasn't crossed the line, I hope we can keep it that way for the mods sakes.

[SirSnookalot]

No disrespect intended, but sometimes a person has to know when to allow others some wiggle room; they are only sigs and not invites for debates.  Personally, they give me  a sense of who a person is and how they see life.  I can respect that. 

None taken but rules are rules whether it's a statement or a debate.  Greetings like Merry Xmas, ok  as Xmas is almost like a national holiday with no proselytization intended.

[burleytog]

Lightweights... :-X

[FL Knifemaker]

Topics about religion should always be banned but politics is a different story, personally I would welcome it. It works on other forums that I go on, but it would not work here, the balance is like 1000 to 1, other sites it's reversed.

I do believe political and religious quotes in the signature line are not appropriate for this forum if we are to abide by the rules.

They often intertwine. It's almost impossible to have one without the other. Just consider the politics and differences regarding religion just between our two political parties.

[skunked_again]

i dont need political debate, i already know im right....

[roadwarrior]

i dont need political debate, i already know im right....

PERFECT!

[FL Knifemaker]

i dont need political debate, i already know im right....

Ya but you'll always find someone from the left that wants to debate   8-)

[Micro]

I learned the hard way about banned subjects when I started a thread entitled "The Politics of Religion:  Doug Hannon's Snake and Babe Pictures."  Man, I'm still smarting from the butt-whoopin' I got from that one.

[J Francho]

It didn't help that it went OT with discussions of Senkos and red hooks.

[Glenn]

Ya but what's the best rod and reel for that?

[firefightn15]

Ya but what's the best rod and reel for that?

Oh, that's good  ;D

[1inStripes]

Isnt this a politics and religion discussion/topic?   

[Sam]

We are best served by the Forum's policy as it now stands.