Petition to ban political threads

[Buckeye_Nut]

I really think political threads should be banned. I don't think any one is going to be swayed either way so lets just talk audio and beer

Considering the tone of the recent Oscar nominations & winners, it's impossible to even talk 'movies' without injecting politics into the discussion.

GoBucks

 

[agarwalro]

I voted "HELL YEAH".

While you are at it, ban everyone how has ever posted a negative remark about Axiom and SVS and Yamaha HTR-5890 because I think their opinion is worthless since they have no clue about anything. Oh yeah, and lets not forget all those that said Bose sucks and speaker wire is not directional because they need to go see a shrink. Last but not the least, I want all threads about the xBox 360 banned since I think Microsoft sucks. Oh and...

While I am here can you tell me why my subwoofer has stopped woofing? I mean, it just stopped and I have no clue what to do.














As long as they are in the Steam Vent, I dont care.

 

[Pyrrho]

The avowed purpose of "The Steam Vent" is:

Talk just about anything you'd like here. Or, if you've got a beef about a manufacturer, or you just want to vent some audio steam... come on in. This is the only place you won't get in trouble for flame wars - all other places are off limits. Note: Any comments, criticisms or name calling of Audioholics should be done via PM or directed to circularfile@audioholics.com. Suggestions can be made in the 'Site Suggestions and Feedback' forum.

So, if you have a beef with Audioholics for allowing a section for anything that anybody wants to talk about, you should follow the directions above. And, as has been stated by others, if you are not interested in a thread, who is forcing you to read it? If you only want to read on topic threads about audio, I strongly suggest you stay out of the Steam Vent, the purpose of which is to be off topic. Also, this thread is about politics: It is about free speech. Perhaps someone should start a poll about whether or not hypocrisy should be banned from this site....

 

[Matt34]

The avowed purpose of "The Steam Vent" is:



So, if you have a beef with Audioholics for allowing a section for anything that anybody wants to talk about, you should follow the directions above. And, as has been stated by others, if you are not interested in a thread, who is forcing you to read it? If you only want to read on topic threads about audio, I strongly suggest you stay out of the Steam Vent, the purpose of which is to be off topic. Also, this thread is about politics: It is about free speech. Perhaps someone should start a poll about whether or not hypocrisy should be banned from this site....

This site isn't a democracy either, so free speech doesn't apply.

 

[Pyrrho]

This site isn't a democracy either, so free speech doesn't apply.

A democracy need not allow free speech, nor does any other form of government necessarily exclude free speech. Indeed, in a pure democracy, the people could vote to suppress any speech they wished, and such wishes would then become law.

Your comment is really a better criticism of this thread than of my post. As this site is not run by those who merely post here, what is the point of a poll suggesting a ban? Even if people did vote that way (which, the last time I looked at it the majority were voting the other way), those running this site need not pay any attention to it. Frankly, I suspect that they will pay little attention to this poll regardless of the results.

The way free speech applies to this site is this: Broadly speaking, those who run it allow free speech in the Steam Vent. Those who don't like this fact are welcome to visit other places with greater restrictions, if they wish.

And, as I suggested previously, because this thread is about free speech, it is itself a political thread, and therefore should be banned according to those who would ban political threads at this site.

 

[Matt34]

A democracy need not allow free speech, nor does any other form of government necessarily exclude free speech. Indeed, in a pure democracy, the people could vote to suppress any speech they wished, and such wishes would then become law.

Your comment is really a better criticism of this thread than of my post. As this site is not run by those who merely post here, what is the point of a poll suggesting a ban? Even if people did vote that way (which, the last time I looked at it the majority were voting the other way), those running this site need not pay any attention to it. Frankly, I suspect that they will pay little attention to this poll regardless of the results.

The way free speech applies to this site is this: Broadly speaking, those who run it allow free speech in the Steam Vent. Those who don't like this fact are welcome to visit other places with greater restrictions, if they wish.

And, as I suggested previously, because this thread is about free speech, it is itself a political thread, and therefore should be banned according to those who would ban political threads at this site.

Um, yeah.

IMO I would prefer politics and religion not be part of forums I frequent, there really isn't any relevance to them in an audio, sports car or computer forum, especially with the anonymity that the internet provides. People tend to express extreme views that they otherwise never would have if not for this type of media.

I don't believe in a God and am sure as hell(don't believe in that either ) not putting my faith in a politician.