#26 Mar 07, 2011 10:07 PM

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Wow, I completely forgot about this thread. Thank you SO much, Aceedwin and SR.

It now solves the issue that I briefly discussed several days ago in the guns thread. For now.

The only way we can find out if this works is if an applicable topic is discussed within the month.

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Hopefully everyone can be responsible and mature when discussing the issue. Would hate to have to ban it completely once more because users simply can't handle it. Either way be responsible everyone.

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Would it be weird if I put my two cents into a thread that hasn't been commented on in two years? I mean someone will read this so... okay I'll go for it.
I'm all for being able to discuss 'mature' topics. Give it its own section and closely monitor it, but it can still be extremely beneficial. Debate is very healthy and can be enlightening. I've read plenty of interesting debates that have definitely opened my mind about things. If people want to discuss religion, politics, philosophy, etc. I think they should be allowed to. As long as they do it in a mature, respectful way.
Of course the ban may have been lifted without me knowing; I haven't been here in years. But yeah, I would love to get into some philosophical debates, so I voted 'yes' for allowing banned topics.
That's pretty much all I have to say here.

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The rule has never "officially" been lifted, but as I'm basically the only mod around, no one enforces it anymore. I'm 99% sure Spyrorocks doesn't care anymore, either.

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we had a thread about religion and spirituality a while back. i could resurrect it, but spirituality doesn't seem like a topic of very high interest here, so there's not that much to discuss. and we touch on politics sometimes.

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Hmm, I see. Okay then. Thanks for replying.
And I suppose if a discussion like that gets started I'll partake, but I don't really have any ideas for how to start one.

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SToeupiD REUpbulicans!!1
- Quote from the future "Politics Thread"

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^ Pretty much why these topics were banned in the first place. Lol. I think we're a little more mature than this now, though.

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STOOBID FL4PJ4CKS

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Debating religion is extremely pointless. There's nothing that can be said that we haven't all heard a million times before, especially on the internet. People rarely change their views as a result. Discussing different beliefs without trying to change anyone's mind, though, is interesting. Politics is pretty much the same way.

So yeah, fully support bumping and/or creating new threads about these topics.

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you'd be surprised. there's always something new to say. it's just a question of if anyone will say it

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I guess there could always something. I've been around the internet so long that pretty much nothing surprises me anymore. I think I've heard just about every argument anti-theists could possibly argue, at least, but who knows.