[Wittesea]

I voted yes because I believe some political discussions are healthy and I believe that some political topics should be allowed.

Any politics that are related to health matters - FDA decisions, laws that have an impact on healthcare or funding for research, the discussions of opinions about potential 'wasteful' areas of government that spend money on the wrong things when that money could go towards better causes (such as research, healthcare for the poor, funding social security), etc...

The types of politics that I think should be discouraged are the democrat versus republican debates. I say that because discussions of that nature usually turn into a debate, while discussions about health-related politics usually stay discussions about opinions without turning into a debate.

In my perfect world, there would be a "politics" forum where the discussions would be about health-related politics -- with a sub-forum for the non-health related political discussions for those who wish to participate.

My 2 cents.

Liz

[The Godfather]

That Adolf Hitler had a few good ideas. So how about we revive the Nazi Third Reich here on BrainTalk2 ? And a few Swastikas would brighten the Forums up a bit !

If somebody started adding extreme views like that I bet you'd soon start thinking that political discussions weren't a good idea anymore.

What's the point in discussing politics anyway. There's nothing we can do about it.

[newbie]

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[Thelma]

Well now this is the limit of my endurance. When a person who is communicating with anyone is treated like this and he is not doing anything wrong then this cartoon is wrong and should be removed.

Keith and I have had differences for at least 2 or 3 years now and we have never insulted each othr like this.

If you are one who has never siad a bad or harsh word in your life to anyone then you indeed are better than me.

Give the finger when you need to but not just for the sake of extending it.

Innocent as evidence above indicates.

But remember Keith that doesn't say anything for the next time lol

[The Godfather]

I didn't assume that it was referring to me or anyone in particular. I assumed that newbie was possibly suggesting that political discussion would feed the trolls.

If newbie was instead addressing me then it would be ridiculous hypocrisy. Initiating an unprovoked personal attack on somebody is precisely what being a troll is.

But am I bothered ?

Thelma, as for "we have never insulted each other like this", surely we have. If we haven't, we'll have to start trying harder.