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<blockquote data-quote="Merlion" data-source="post: 2502337" data-attributes="member: 10397">I understand the reasoning behind it, but since people can and do get in equally heated and unpleasant arguements about the very topics of the boards...gaming, fantasy/sci fi/horror books/movies/television, or various other non-religious non-political topics such as various socialogical, gender, or sexual issues or what have you, I dont really see how it does much good, and really just puts limits on things. But thats fine, it is a privately operated site and therefore only the operators opinions really matter.I do however think that it some times needs to be remembered more that 1) fantasy is based on and about things that ~were~ &quot;religion&quot; after a fashion, at one time and especially now with the rise of &quot;paganism&quot;, to some still are and so some mixing of &quot;religion&quot; and fantasy is almost impossible to avoid. Same to a lesser extent with politics. Not to mention discussion of in-game alignment that relates directly to issues of morality and ethics. And 2) for many people there beliefs and there interests are tied together very strongly and discussing anything of interest while totally avoiding things considered to fall under &quot;religion&quot; or politics can be hard.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Merlion, post: 2502337, member: 10397"] I understand the reasoning behind it, but since people can and do get in equally heated and unpleasant arguements about the very topics of the boards...gaming, fantasy/sci fi/horror books/movies/television, or various other non-religious non-political topics such as various socialogical, gender, or sexual issues or what have you, I dont really see how it does much good, and really just puts limits on things. But thats fine, it is a privately operated site and therefore only the operators opinions really matter. I do however think that it some times needs to be remembered more that 1) fantasy is based on and about things that ~were~ "religion" after a fashion, at one time and especially now with the rise of "paganism", to some still are and so some mixing of "religion" and fantasy is almost impossible to avoid. Same to a lesser extent with politics. Not to mention discussion of in-game alignment that relates directly to issues of morality and ethics. And 2) for many people there beliefs and there interests are tied together very strongly and discussing anything of interest while totally avoiding things considered to fall under "religion" or politics can be hard. [/QUOTE]

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