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7th January 2008, 06:12am
#21
by Daemon_Panda
Coconut Grove , Fl United States
Member Since: Jun 2007
Member Points: 1043
I would like Eric to realize how civil we are being during this debate. What none of you have realized is that this forum topic is the trial!
7th January 2008, 06:46am
#22
by rich
My Home United Kingdom
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 23175

Politics are silly, I agree we should not talk about politics, Garden Brown is stupid. We should allow religions everyone is normally some kind of religion. If your not then you don't have a soul.

7th January 2008, 07:28am
#23
by rich
My Home United Kingdom
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 23175
I'm not sure I'll have to check.
7th January 2008, 07:55am
#24
by Charlie91
International
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 859
When you argue religion, irreligion comes; if you argue politics, mudslinging comes.  People who say they don't have religion really have a religion; people who say they have religion, don't have it (religion is action, not words).  It's a paradox.  Good to ban it: there are other sites for this.  Foot in mouth
7th January 2008, 07:57am
#25
by rich
My Home United Kingdom
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 23175
No It dosen't count Beanbag.
7th January 2008, 08:12am
#26
by Magicmunky
Cambridgeshire United Kingdom
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 92
I don't know why you feel the need to discuss politics here, the must be a million sites to do so on the net. Why ruin a good chess site with something other than chess?
7th January 2008, 08:33am
#27
by erik
Mountain View, CA United States
Member Since: May 2007
Member Points: 10174
rich wrote:

...everyone is normally some kind of religion. If your not then you don't have a soul.

 comments like this one are perfect examples of why we don't allow discussing religion. "if you don't believe in the same things i do then you are a ____________ (fill in the blank)". and then you get "you actually believe _________(fill in the blank)? then you must be a ____________ (fill in the blank)". 

thanks rich for providing us with a typical example. it is the ideal note upon which to close this otherwise civil topic. 


7th January 2008, 12:05pm
#28
by EEShelton
Columbus, Ohio United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 94
I'm never sure why topical sites like this one need to have political, religious or any other kinds of debates. Aren't we here to discuss chess? If I want political debate (which I have never found on a site like this - it is usually a slugfest between close-minded fear mongers), I go to POLITICAL sites.
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