Why no politics or religion?

[DaveMage]

My personal opinion on this - In my experience the only people who participate in religious or political discussions are those with strong convictions unlikely to change. Add to that the fact that the majority tend to perceive attacks on their viewpoints as personal affronts and you have a recipe for disaster. In other words, what's the point?

One point is that sometimes a political discussion can bring up issues with which I have no knowledge, so for those circumstances, it's nice to hear what different political views think of that particular topic. Also, as an American, I like to hear viewpoints from citizens from other countries, who many times have insignts about America that I hadn't considered.

However, all of that said, I don't want politics here.

 

[Morrus]

I often visualize EN World as a big dinner party in Morrus's living room.

Yikes! 32,000 people! I'd better go shopping or we'll run out of food!

 

[Michael Morris]

Yikes! 32,000 people! I'd better go shopping or we'll run out of food!

No silly, 30 people and 31,970 alts.

 

[spatha]

No silly, 30 people and 31,970 alts.

Is this Nothingland?

 

[Darkness]

Is this Nothingland?

Maybe not, but most of us here are Piratecat.

 

[diaglo]

Yikes! 32,000 people! I'd better go shopping or we'll run out of food!

i like malt vinegar on my chips.

and newspaper wrapping to hold the fish.

 

[Jonny Nexus]

Yikes! 32,000 people! I'd better go shopping or we'll run out of food!

I'd make a bread and fishes jokes but that would be religion.

 

[Jonny Nexus]

The other reason we don't allow religion and politics to be discussed is that these arguments inevitable bleed over to elsewhere on the boards. If you know the guy you're discussing attacks of opportunity with hates your religion, you're a lot less likely to be able to discuss D&D with him rationally.

Yeah, that was my problem with RPGNet. I found that when people said I should be set on fire or killed* on account of my ethical beliefs (I'm a vegan) it tended to make me not want to talk to them again, ever.

* And yes, I did try reporting the post via the "Report this post" button, but that just resulted in the moderator coming onto the thread and basically flaming the out of me. At which point I left and moved to ENWorld, although I'm afraid I do still think of myself as an RPGNet refugee instead of a citizen of ENWorld.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

At which point I left and moved to ENWorld, although I'm afraid I do still think of myself as an RPGNet refugee instead of a citizen of ENWorld.

Well, have you applied for citizenship yet? At least got your green card, right?

 

[Morrus]

and newspaper wrapping to hold the fish.

I haven't seen newspaper used to wrap fish and chips in years. When I was a kid, it was always wrapped in newspaper. These days, they just use plain white paper. It's not the same.