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None; they're all too busy posting, reading others' posts, listening to music and giving FF the mother of all headaches... -
I think SHB's original was funnier, AH........Originally posted by ahinton View PostPatriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain.Comment
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I'm certain it was...Originally posted by Mr Pee View Post
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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I wouldn't dream of suggesting otherwise!Originally posted by Mr Pee View Post
Mine was shorter, though...Comment
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I did make a vow not to post on this thread but thought the following may be of interest.
The excellent WW2Talk Forum dedicated to the Second World War (I dip in from time to time) has a similar board to our Platform 3 but does point out that threads on Modern Politics and Religion are not welcome and will be removed.
May I suggest that this policy be followed here? That would mean that threads on coffee, wine, stormy weather, football, etc, etc all survive intact and the troublesome ones declared unwelcome. I would also welcome a zero tolerance approach to those who ignore house rules or endeavour to by-pass the above.
This would seem to me to be the ideal solution because another damaging fracas will finish us off."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard HaitinkComment
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So we are allowed to talk about things which are deemed to be "safe" but not things that we are really passionate about ?Originally posted by Petrushka View Post
Hardly a "solution" at all IMV more like a recipe for a snooze .......
Are we allowed to discuss music in relation to politics ? The death of MT has got me listening again to some great stuff that is directly influenced (see Rock pop thread etc ) but in your "new world" that's OT as well .......
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Very noticeable that John Major has not been offering a view in any media I have seen....
....no reply necessary: just banal info....bong chingComment
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Well, when there was a suggestion that we might have a "Religion and Ethics" board - which BBC experience apparently showed as much 'passion' and disagreement as Politics - we had a poll and http://www.for3.org/forums/showthrea...ghlight=Ethics . The proposal fell. If I posed the same questions re Politics, I wonder whether there would be a similar result.Originally posted by MrGongGong View Post
But, as in the case Petrushka mentions, the problem is when things people are 'passionate' about aren't really central to the purpose of the forum but take up a disproportionate amount of members' attention, and hence can change the apparent emphasis of the forum.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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I did ask a few about the alleged jibes. They just went 'Oh oh lally lally' That's golf boys for you!Originally posted by Sir Velo View PostNo idea. You'll need to ask one.
PS Don't think I missed the 'who cares about golf?'crack, Mr ahinton. The dossier is getting thicker.Comment
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I agree with Mr. GG!!Originally posted by MrGongGong View Post
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain.Comment
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That would only work if you believed that politics had nothing to do with life (or life had nothing to do with politics) - would a thread on women in the boardroom (to take a topic at random, because that's the question on the 'News Quiz' at the moment) be considered political? Actually it would only work if you had a very narrow view of what politics is - the stuff that happens in Westminster. What would happen if someone wanted to discuss music education in schools? I can't see that you could avoid politics in that.Originally posted by Petrushka View Post
Perhaps threads on someone who has just died should be banned, as much of the fracas was caused by people who held the view that you shouldn't speak ill of the dead.Comment
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Now I know that civilisation as I thought I knew it has collapsed!Originally posted by Mr Pee View PostI agree with Mr. GG!!Comment
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What FoR3 could consider (if technically possible) might be a board that doesn't appear on the 'New Posts'....'What's New' page.... because it seems it is a matter of FoR3 wishing to 'appear'a pure music board to the outside and less argumentative posters (for want of a better word [i.e 'pure'], with no side in my choosing that word)....Maybe there could be a board within a board with a password for those who to go there, open to all.
This may be talking rubbish or may be technically impossible with the current software....Last edited by eighthobstruction; 13-04-13, 12:48.bong chingComment
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Originally posted by Padraig View Post
I like your style, Padraig
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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