[consulting] Suggestion for Dries and Moderators: New Politics List

[Ben West]

I would agree on allowing the list to remain unmoderated.  The current
round of discussion on socio-political esoterics has yet to approach
any of the extremes the Internet is famous for, e.g. invoking Godwin.

On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Sami Khan <sami at etopian.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:56:16 -0400, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I think the list has managed to thrive for a long time (many years)
>> without
>> > moderation. Adding moderation seems like a harsh measure here.
>> >
>> > Perhaps a strawpoll on whether Sami's post was offtopic or not, and if
>> > the consensus is that it was, then we ask Sami not to post non-Drupal
>> > stuff any more on the list.
>>
>> My initial post that started this topic was specially about employment
>> issues and the lack of healthcare issues in the US. Yes, admittedly it was
>> not related to Drupal, but there were other people who chimed in and
>> carried the discussion forward. It also wasn't me who brought ideology or
>> politics into it; it was the people who felt they needed to attack
>> socialism. I felt the need to defend the other side; though I could argue
>> both ways. But okay, if you don't want to talk non-Drupal related labour
>> issues, I would be obliged to not contribute them.
>>
>> Take a straw poll.
>
> I realize that the thread in question was sort of a continuation on the
> topic
> of should Drupal unionize or not, ...etc. Therefore I can't say it is off
> topic
> completely. For me, it was, at worst, borderline and therefore should be
> allowed.
>
> We had threads about insurance providers, which is totally not related
> to Drupal too. No one complained, since the topic is "benign" me thinks!
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