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Reminder on Forum Rules - 9/28/2015 4:44:11 PM

Erik Rutins

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Hello everyone,

Over the weekend, we had a thread on the forum that crossed one of the lines that we try to enforce. The forums are too busy for us to read every thread in real-time, the fact that a thread exists does not mean it is within the rules. The rule I'm talking about in this case is the one that says "No religion, no current politics" in discussions on our forum. The reason for that is the same reason those subjects are generally avoided whenever you're in polite company - there are too many possible ways to offend. There are many places on the internet where debates on those two subjects can be had. In this place, we want to keep the focus on our shared interest in strategy games rather than what may divide us outside that shared hobby.

So please, save politics and religion for other forums and talk games here.

Regards,

- Erik

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RE: Reminder on Forum Rules - 1/2/2016 8:05:24 AM

manofwar

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Thank you

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RE: Reminder on Forum Rules - 1/2/2016 8:25:42 AM

sillyflower

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+1

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Post: I am always fearful that when I put this game down on the table and people see the box-art they will think I am some kind of neo-Nazi

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RE: Reminder on Forum Rules - 1/2/2016 12:06:27 PM

Mehring

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Why has manofwar resurrected a thread from September? So sillyflower can +1 it?

It appears a week or two weeks after sillyflower had Joel close a thread which broke none of the forum rules, since current politics was hardly under discussion there. As I noted in that thread, sillyflower's objection was not to political, or philosophical discussion but to views diametrically opposed to his own. Even as he was moving to silence expression of my views, he was passing over Pelton's overtly contemporary political remarks in another thread, without objection or comment.

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RE: Reminder on Forum Rules - 1/2/2016 12:29:27 PM

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This isn't going to end well. Please stop.

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RE: Reminder on Forum Rules - 1/2/2016 3:57:13 PM

sillyflower

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I just want to make it clear that I made no complaint/report to Joel/Matrix or anyone else about this thread

I will ignore other comments made.

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