03 Feb 2008, 12:43 am
Namiko wrote:
I think those debates should be held to a minimum, ie, one thread on the topic should be enough and this thread should be carefully monitored because as with all threads and especially those pertaining to controversial issues, it presents the possibility of turning into a flame war if people aren't respectful.
In the past, there has been a lot of problems with this kind of thing happening in the PPR (politics, philosophy and religion) forum where most people - from both sides of debates, admittedly - were not listening to each other. Name calling was happening, threads had to be shut down, people banned and that whole section of the forum was basically a nightmare to moderate... and to think that I willingly agreed when asked by Vivi...
I agree, otherwise the forums are being clogged up with vitually useless threads. If some people want to believe an outdated theory about how autism is caused, they're entitled to their opinion but we shouldn't have to wade through reams of boring guff in more than one thread.
In the past, there has been a lot of problems with this kind of thing happening in the PPR (politics, philosophy and religion) forum where most people - from both sides of debates, admittedly - were not listening to each other. Name calling was happening, threads had to be shut down, people banned and that whole section of the forum was basically a nightmare to moderate... and to think that I willingly agreed when asked by Vivi...
