"Dr. Jerk" wrote:I don't see anyone flaming anyone here.
If anything, it was being directed to those Facebook comments. And even then, I don't see anything that would appear to be outright flaming.
Oh I agree with everything you just said, I probably didn't express myself well.
Attempt #2: I meant that political discussions potentially could lead to flame wars, and that we actually had political discussions that made members leave this forum in the past. I don't think anybody in this case meant to bring such a discussion here right now. But when we start discussing war X or war Y, it seems to me that we are going on a slippery slope, because you never know if one of these Facebook members could actually be a member here, for example, or whether somebody will want to say more over WWII, and where the resulting discussion could go.
In short, I was attempting to explain the reason why we had such a rule, hoping that by doing so it would make more sense than just saying "political discussions are against the rules" and make people feel bad.
But, hey, perhaps my fellow moderators wouldn't see it the same way, perhaps I was too quick to react in this case - I'll never claim to have perfect judgment at all time. But I certainly heard a little "uh oh" in my mind and would have kicked myself for not saying anything in the case that part of the discussion took a wrong turn. It's fear from what happened here in the past (because elsewhere I have loved getting involved in political discussions myself, they can be really interesting).