Can I argue against a thread which is obviously to discuss military action? Not because I don't wanna talk about it, but because I've never seen such a thread not attract serious trols and flamers - at least 2 boards I liked have become uninhabitable because of that syndrome. If we must have such a thread, I suggest an elliptical title so it's not that obvious.

Trudy made a suggestion when the subject came up in Bitches. Lemme find it.

yoink Trudy Booth "Spike's Bitches 3: Is Everyone Here Very Stoned?" Feb 16, 2003 7:15:37 pm EST

Good God, Y'all

Which, as long as flamers don't mistake it as a religious thread, should be nicely obscure, don't you think?

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I adore this. Love it. Oost it -- in fact. WANT WANT WANT.

It is most specifically not a general politics thread, and we'll have to strive to keep it that way.

I think this is an incredibly difficult goal. I think military action is deeply rooted in both foreign and domestic politics. Not that I'm advocating for this, but it seems to me if you make a thread to discuss war you will, not only draw the trolls as Jim suggests, but you will also end up with a political thread.

I'm against it (surprise! given my anti-thread proliferation stance). But I have already learned I'm in the minority when it comes to thread proliferation so I've given up hope entirely.

Who is anti-Prince?

Morris Day?

Aren't they all war threads in their own way?

But if we need one...

War: It not just for breakfast anymore

I think military action is deeply rooted in both foreign and domestic politics. Not that I'm advocating for this, but it seems to me if you make a thread to discuss war you will, not only draw the trolls as Jim suggests, but you will also end up with a political thread.

I think it's possible, but I think we would need to go into it with the understanding that if someone got too political or argumentative they would be deleted. The question would be drawing the line (e.g., if "Bush is a warmonger" is okay, why not "Bush stole the 200 election"?), but I have faith in our moderators.

Can we roughly hash out a spoiler policy for the movies thread? My suggestion would be kind of middle-of the-road -- we don't need to whitefont reviews or discussion of performances, direction, etc., but that we do white out major plot points, regardless of how old the film is. FWIW, I originally said 5 pm. EST today to ensure eveyone had a chance to vote, but I agree that at this point Denzel is the clear pick.

I think it's possible, but I think we would need to go into it with the understanding that if someone got too political or argumentative they would be deleted. The question would be drawing the line (e.g., if "Bush is a warmonger" is okay, why not "Bush stole the 200 election"?), but I have faith in our moderators.

A) We don't have moderators. We have people who are able to do technical things on the site, but they are not moderators -- they just enact the Will of the Buffistas. If you know what I mean.

B) I'm completely against deleting posts. It's not something we do here. I believe only posts in wrong places and obvious spam have been deleted by Stompies. We, as a community, commit to calling people on it if they are out of line. This is true in every thread, on every topic of discussion.

Jesse,

A)I used the term moderators because I was writing quickly; I meant "methods of moderation." Which include community discussion, techies/Stompy feet, etc. Perhaps I should have just written that I trust the Buffistas.

B)If we've decided we want a war thread but not a political thread, and that we do not want angry debate, then a political or ranty/shouty/obnoxious post in the war thread is just as "out of place" as someone offering sympathy in Beep Me or a non-whitefonted spoiler outside the spoiler thread. Deleting things for tone is against my normal pro-free speech position, but I think it's likely to become necessary to maintain the thread as we're now envisioning it at some point. I agree that it should not be a regular occurance or a first choice.

suggested title: What is it good for?

not that I will subscribe or read, I am just on a mission to make every thread title an earworm.