Current events/political sub forum

[cortana431]

Will this forum ever be brought back or can it be looked into to see if enough members, particularly those in the parents forum/parents cafe would be interested and welcome it to discuss the issues of today? With so many key issues going on in the country, our government and the economy it seems there would be many ripe discussions and opportunity to share views and learn new things and open up.

The RIP thread stated:

@Roger_Dooley

We started it in the belief that our members should have a place to discuss important issues of the day, and** that these discussions were best kept separate from the rest of our forums.**

We have found, however, that while many thoughtful and well-reasoned opinions have been expressed, in many other cases the quality of the discussion has been harmed by ad hominem attacks and endless repetition of the same opinions.

Most importantly, our objective is to have CC be a friendly and welcoming community, and many of the discussions have not supported this objective. Rather, they have created friction and hard feelings between members who would otherwise have much in common. Hence, the decision to close the forum.

This is contradictory to me. If this forum is placed such that it is not known to most users here, particularly the vast majority of high school users and perhaps college students and it was so, then how does some such discussions weaken the objective?

@Roger_Dooley

Rather, they have created friction and hard feelings between members who would otherwise have much in common. Hence, the decision to close the forum

Now how did the discussions create friction and hard feelings? I see such discussions daily with my parents and friends and random people I see daily and can discuss just fine without any heated passion and irrational communication. Is it not the user’s fault reacting sensitively and taking offense at certain views and opinions, while there are enough other members who can respond appropriately and rationally? And the forum, which would stimulate intellectual discussion and enlightment of real world issues and current events, was closed because of some people who were sensitive to discussing views and opinions?

Thank you for reading and please discuss and/or correct me if I am wrong and you can also PM me, (administrators and mods)

Cortana431

[cortana431]

Bump and also addresses the issue of pope Francis threads opening whenever one is closed and there has been great and meaningful discussion before locked.

[SteveC]

From the Terms of Service: “Out of respect for both moderators and policies, discussion of moderator actions and forum policies is welcomed via private message or e-mail; these issues are off-topic for the forums.”

Enjoy the forum. There are plenty of other internet forums for discussing politics.

[cortana431]

Unfortunately the administrators do not accept private messages.

[SteveC]

Use the “Contact Us” link on the blue bar at the bottom of the page.

I like baseball analogies. The batter, catcher, and umpire sometimes have conversations no one else is aware of. The problem starts when the batter uses the end of his bat to draw a line in the dirt illustrating where he thought the pitch was. Now, everyone’s in on the discussion … and the umpire never seems to appreciate it.