what was the title? I want to look it up.
Sparrow
Veteran
At the moment I’m listening to Bob Dylan; and I generally agree with him, well the early stuff anyway………if that’s OK.
Sorry if I’ve got the wrong thread
Sorry if I’ve got the wrong thread
Trius
Waiting on Maitani
jan normandale said:I always drop in.
Which is precisely why it is idiosyncratic.
ampguy
Veteran
I personally would very much prefer to not see discussions of politics or religion anywhere here.
M
Magnus
Guest
Sparrow said:At the moment I’m listening to Bob Dylan; and I generally agree with him, well the early stuff anyway………if that’s OK.
Sorry if I’ve got the wrong thread
"Masters of war" ... one of the greatest Dylan songs ever...
And as I explained in another thread I like this forum, apart from it's censorship, the Pinochet thread was not vulgar, nor did it move into the wrong direction. Personally I am a left winger, not communist but certainly left wing, I do understand that I musn't try to draw blood from under rightwing principles, but we must all be able to enter a discussion forum which will perhaps learn from each other, and each others views.
dazedgonebye
Veteran
If I am offended by someone's position on Leicas then I think it's my problem and I should move on.
If someone's political views are offensive to me, then I think perhaps they should move on to a political forum where the members have come looking for that sort of discussion.
I'm here to learn on matters realated to photography. THAT learning is what suffers when the climate is charged with strongly held opinions...not related to photography.
If someone's political views are offensive to me, then I think perhaps they should move on to a political forum where the members have come looking for that sort of discussion.
I'm here to learn on matters realated to photography. THAT learning is what suffers when the climate is charged with strongly held opinions...not related to photography.
M
Magnus
Guest
dazedgonebye said:
Don't visit the off topic forum, don't open the threads, commit yourself only to threads that have to do with photography.... which are usually noted by the thread header...
dreilly
Chillin' in Geneva
Jorge,
it was http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32801&highlight=pinochet
As one of the first to respond seriously to the thread, I think it would have probably turned ugly. Though nobody disagreed with the prevailing sentiment before it was shut down. I'm not hurt it was closed...
it was http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32801&highlight=pinochet
As one of the first to respond seriously to the thread, I think it would have probably turned ugly. Though nobody disagreed with the prevailing sentiment before it was shut down. I'm not hurt it was closed...
dazedgonebye
Veteran
Magnus said:
Can't see it. There are many off topic disucssions I would like to read and participate in. I'm not going to avoid parts of this forum because members from either side of the political spectrum want to duke it out.
In the end, it's up to Jorge to decide what kind of place he wants to run, and for you and I to decide if it is a place we wish to frequent.
M
Magnus
Guest
dazedgonebye said:
Not saying you should, but you can always skip the things you're not interested in. And "duking it out" is hardly a representative of expressing ones feelings and/or beliefs.
M
Magnus
Guest
dreilly said:
"It would have" therefore we ..... etc. is the death of any democratic system (including freedom of speech). I do hope you see that.
RdEoSg
Well-known
Maybe it was locked because it went off topic since both gareth and Mangus decided it was apropriate to turn it into an America bashing thread...
jan normandale
Film is the other way
pedro.m.reis said:
Pedro.. I have to say as a Canadian, (and I'm not joking here, do an internet search) that codfish and the fishery is a very very highly charged issue in Canada's Maritime provinces as they watch the fishery deteriorate on Georges Bank and Grand Banks.
Just so you know.
I also understand the idea in your comment.
Sparrow
Veteran
Magnus said:
Democracy on the internet, that’s novel
jan normandale
Film is the other way
Trius said:Which is precisely why it is idiosyncratic.
Heh, you got me Earl.
peterc
Heretic
As long as politics/religion isn't allowed to infiltrate the entire board, I don't see a problem with such discussions in the off topic area.
OTOH: I left one board I had quite enjoyed after it essentially became a "born again" photo and right wing opinion board. Nearly all the photos were religious in nature, most of the sigs were bible quotes or screeds in praise of whatever "good works" America was doing etc.
Peter
OTOH: I left one board I had quite enjoyed after it essentially became a "born again" photo and right wing opinion board. Nearly all the photos were religious in nature, most of the sigs were bible quotes or screeds in praise of whatever "good works" America was doing etc.
Peter
DavidH
Overweight and over here
pedro.m.reis said:
River Clyde - near Port Glasgow, Scotland...
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Magnus
Guest
RdEoSg said:
???
Criticism is different than "bashing" but in the eye of the non-believer or one-eyed it can easily be mistaken as such
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Magnus
Guest
Sparrow said:Democracy on the internet, that’s novel
maybe you mean democracy on earth ....
fgianni
Trainee Amateur
While I have no simpaty for the late Pinochet (nor I have for anyone that overthrows a democratically elected government and replaces it with a dictatorship), I also undertand Kim position if he thought that politics threads may be a little too of topic here.
At the end of the day it is up to Jorge to decide.
At the end of the day it is up to Jorge to decide.