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Originally posted by: mugs
News does not necessarily belong in P&N IMO. Otherwise you'd have to throw all of NFS4's car news posts in there, and all of the sports news posts in there. I think something belongs in P&N if it's likely to spark a political debate. The google thing probably would cause a lot of Bush-bashing, so maybe it belongs in there. The Osama thing, not as much. But who am I to make that decision?

Here's an idea, how about we let the MODERATORS do their job and not question them so damn much? They're aware of those threads, if they choose not to lock them or move them, that's their decision. Who does it hurt?

Easily the best response in this thread, and the answer to the OP's question.

OP, 90% of all OT threads could be categorized as P&N...
News about people's lovelifes (aka YAGT) are just that: news.
They don't belong in P&N though.

P&N is more for those types of news that are likely to cause some form of debate.
"Famous actor died" - fine for OT
"Someone shot my dog, it's in the newspaper now" - fine for OT.

I'll defer to the mods to make those decisions though. I agree that some are definitely borderline decisions though. Nonetheless, why does it matter??
 
Originally posted by: DrPizza
Originally posted by: mugs
News does not necessarily belong in P&N IMO. Otherwise you'd have to throw all of NFS4's car news posts in there, and all of the sports news posts in there. I think something belongs in P&N if it's likely to spark a political debate. The google thing probably would cause a lot of Bush-bashing, so maybe it belongs in there. The Osama thing, not as much. But who am I to make that decision?

Here's an idea, how about we let the MODERATORS do their job and not question them so damn much? They're aware of those threads, if they choose not to lock them or move them, that's their decision. Who does it hurt?

Easily the best response in this thread, and the answer to the OP's question.

True, but what's the fun in that?
 
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: asadasif
Originally posted by: mugs
The Osama thing, not as much.

:shocked:

I haven't read the thread, but I'm not sure why people would bash Bush simply because Osama asked for a truce and said they're planning more attacks. We know they're planning more attacks, their entire existence is based on that.

The topic alone will draw it straight into a political discussion with left and right beating each other up.

I don't mind some news topics in OT either, especialy things like the google thread.
 
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