I think LOTR thread was created because it was taking over the Movies thread.

I think LOTR thread was created because it was taking over the Movies thread.

That must have been from WX or TT, because on Phoenix the LOTR thread predates the movie thread.

Or Vice Versa?

I proposed the LotR thread here because it would take over natter.

Ahh... I knew it was because it was taking over another thread. thanks for clarifying!

LotR was taking over EVERYTHING.

LotR was taking over EVERYTHING.

I felt a growing threat in my pants.

I felt a growing threat in my pants.

Not going to touch this one.

I felt a growing threat in my pants.

Heh. Movies got added pretty easily. I had to lobby hard for a Music thread, because the anti-proliferationistas had started to take a stand.

Which is why we don't have a general TV thread to discuss other shows. Though personally I feel kind of constrained, and wish I had a place to talk about something like...Justice League or Adult Swim. So some minor resentment that we've got a Farscape/due South/Smallville thread which has become the stealth Stargate thread.

There's an odd combination of denial and hand-waving ("This is NOT a genre TV Hoyay slanted thread. Just the shows listed. Okay, Jack is a woobie...") and then it's scattered in a weird mash across the threads. Wonderfalls in Minearvearse, whitefonted OC discussion in Natter. Some Justice League talk in Jossiverse in Other Media (the default Comics thread, though again - not listed as such).

It is not, however, a big deal to me. But I get cognitive dissonance from the obvious interest in focused discussion of other shows and the continued pressure to spread it around somehow.

Concentrating political discussion, even if civil, will lead to much higher collective board blood pressure, which could affect other threads.

I am not necessarily for the thread, but I am not convinced by this particular argument, in part because I know a lot of us head for other threads when politics come up in Natter. I am pretty sure we got a few more people posting in Bitches, who were fleeing from Natter during Caroma's last days on this board. I understand the discussion will be concentrated. But if it is civil, I don't understand how it would cause higher collective board blood pressure. If it is not civil, I am not sure I am convinced it will raise the board's b.p. any more than it does when it gets un-civil in Natter.

I do agree on the one hand with people who think keeping it in Natter helps diffuse things. But sometimes, I know my bp has gone up because of the people who are not talking politics, are bothered by a political discussion, and make posts in which they say "ignoring disturbing political talk," even when I'm not the one making any political posts.