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Due to a lot of confusion on what is verboten on the forum, the politics rule has been updated:
"Clarification: Some members have read this and interpreted it to mean that any political topic or even the mention of the word "politics" is automatically off-limits. Others have read it and believed that civil discourse is prohibited. Neither is true. In general, the rule of thumb or "line int he sand" that moderators have generally used is "partisan politics" if you start naming individual candidates, elected representatives, parties, or clearly partisan issues or platforms, that's out of bounds. If you talk about US policy in this or that country, or how the international community is dealing with a particular issue or US policy in general, as long as those conversations remain civil and free of partisan rants, that sort of thing has been allowed. Once again, we aren't going to make lists of what is allowed and what is not. Moderator discretion is allowed, civil discourse is always welcome, but any drift into partisan politics or divisive subjects will get posts deleted, threads locked, infractions handed out, etc. The best solution is simply "don't go there."
I hope this helps.
OK kids, here's your lesson regarding appropriate political posting.
Check out the last two posts (before the call for a lock). One of them is, A) thoughtful, reasoned, intelligent, respectful, coming from a perspective of experience, and not intended to simply snipe away at "the other side" with useless barbs and insults. The other is, B) silly, ignorant, childish, and exactly the sort of useless crap we don't need around here.
I'll let you all decide which is which.
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...Part of living in a society is having to live with court decisions...
remember who the people are who 'write' the laws...
And who gave them the power to do so..
Yes, the consent...
Of the governed...
As written on the side of a local building:
"If voting could change the system, it would be made illegal"
Show me where it isn't!!
Which is why I have...
Rescinded my consent...
We have become subjects...
Rather than citizens...
So what does it mean to have rescinded your consent? Do you not vote at all? Do you still pay taxes? Would you take a pot shot at a cop coming to your door?
If you've just decided not to vote, you've solved every politician's problem. They definitely know that they don't have to care at all about what you think. They probably didn't care very much about what you (individually) thought before, but they definitely would have cared if there were a lot of voters that think the same way in their districts.
Grudging, prudential acquiescence...
Is not the same thing as consent...
Especially when the people acquiesce...
As I do, only in simmering, indignant resignation...
Is this a poem? I'm having trouble with finding the meter.To be GOVERNED is to be kept in sight...
Inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven...
Numbered, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at..
Controlled, estimated, valued, censured, and...
Commanded, by those who have neither the...
Wisdom nor the virtue to do so...
Grudging, prudential acquiescence...
Is not the same thing as consent...
Especially when the people acquiesce...
As I do, only in simmering, indignant resignation...
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