I'm for a war thread, because I want those of us who want to talk about it to be able to do so freely, while allowing those who don't to avoid it.
I think what my daughter's trying to say is: nyah nyah nyah nyah.
Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Susan W. - Feb 17, 2003 12:28:50 pm PST #4518 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Gandalfe - Feb 17, 2003 12:35:58 pm PST #4519 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
This post didn't turn out well. Deleted.
David J. Schwartz - Feb 17, 2003 12:57:54 pm PST #4520 of 10001
New, fully poseable Author!Knut.
I'm opposed to a War Thread, under any name, for the reasons others have mentioned. I think this is a Pandora's Box. It seems to me these discussions should be possible to conduct in Natter, and if they aren't, it just proves that a thread would be a bad idea.
Dana - Feb 17, 2003 12:58:35 pm PST #4521 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
For those who are in favor, is it because you want a place to talk about it, or because you're concerned that it'll take over Natter?
Susan W. - Feb 17, 2003 1:07:06 pm PST #4522 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
For me, because I want a safe place to talk about it--i.e. a supportive environment, which more politically oriented boards generally aren't.
amych - Feb 17, 2003 1:24:48 pm PST #4523 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
For me, it's because I'm afraid of it taking over Natter.
Gandalfe - Feb 17, 2003 1:31:58 pm PST #4524 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
For me (and I'm somewhat ambivilant about it, although generally in favor), it's a little bit of both. I'd like to discuss it with people who have interesting thoughts on it, be they pro or con, and do it without scaring the horses. If we don't make the thread, I suppose that's OK, but don't be surprised when people talk about it in other threads.
P.M. Marc - Feb 17, 2003 1:41:23 pm PST #4525 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
What about a mail list?
Would any of you be interested in one, where you can have a slightly more private safe discussion zone?
Cindy - Feb 17, 2003 1:42:43 pm PST #4526 of 10001
Nobody
For me it's a bit of both. Plus it's the not wanting to interrupt fun natter for war talk, too.
For example, yesterday there was a bit of (very polite despite containing differing opinions) discussion in Natter. It dawned on me this morning though, that something I said I might not have been really clear about. I thought to post about it in Natter - but natter was full of snow talk, and fun stuff, and because of the high volume of natter, I have no reason to believe the people to whom I was talking would even see my post. I couldn't see interrupting the conversation for a post that was long off the table by then.
Wolfram - Feb 17, 2003 1:47:14 pm PST #4527 of 10001
Visilurking
Can natter be interrupted? I think that a war thread is as necessary as a politics thread or a weather thread. It's a topic a lot of people care about, but not something that warrants its own thread. Unless it does begin to "take over" natter, in which case the subject can be opened up again.