Laurence Strong

Well Brian, that’s an interesting story, maybe you did miss your calling….

I am going to play devil’s advocate here, however.....

Now for the record, I have not been political on GMIC, and yes politics is not the direction of the forum.

I am a member of a forum called â€œArmy.ca†(not part of the DND) which has not only a “Canadian Politics†section with over 1600 topics, but also is a forum where politics is discussed naturally in other "current affairs" areas where it might be part of the subject.

And yes, the Moderators do have their hands full sometimes, and posts are deleted and members banned – though not often, you really have to push the limits for that to happen. Threads are rarely closed for content, more so for relevance. But then in my view, that’s what a Moderator is supposed to do….

In regards to your premise “Why can’t we discuss politics on the GMIC?†I say to you Sir;

“A cow’s husbands manureâ€

I have noticed over time that the real reason we do not discuss politics here is that the Moderator(s) chose to shirk their responsibilities and take the easy way out instead of doing their jobs and “Moderating†i.e. Edit postings when necessary so that they conform to the forum's content guidelines, delete or move single posts or entire threads when necessary and lock or unlock posts as required. The Moderator(s) simply shill the (incorrect) party line “Politics is Prohibited, Verboten, Interdit, Запрещенные…….which if you take the time to read the rules, is not the case!

Nowhere in the Forum rules does it say “Politics†is prohibited. It says “Overtly political viewpoints are not considered suitable…†“Such topics may only be discussed on the proviso that they do not intentionally or indirectly cross such boundaries and if inappropriate may be subject to moderation (not necessarily closure)â€

http://gmic.co.uk/rules2015.pdf  Then the Moderator(s) generally tend to close the thread.

We wonder why our membership is falling….ask yourself what image do we project when the conversation is flowing along and in pipes the Moderator(s), with what I see as a tone of abject horror, "that we can’t talk politics"…..even if the conversation has not even got to that stage.

Who wants to join when you get treated like a five year old……

Most of us are probably in the 50 – 60+ age group – I’m 60 – and I will tell you I don’t like being treated as a five year old, and I, like others here know the bounds of civility and decency and conform to them.

So please, in the future let thing flow and if things get out of hand “Moderate†don’t “Dictateâ€

My 2c/euro in a nut shell



:cheers;
Larry

Bold emphasis mine

Many thanks for your hard work and time spent Nick


Larry

For some reason the top bar with the smilies etc has not functioned in the last couple days. Also it does not seem like the daily notification is working either. I did get a big dump of about 40 of them, then nothing.

Thanks for all your hard work Nick

later
Larry